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From: rob@array.UUCP (Rob Marchand)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Posting maps
Message-ID: <579@array.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 11:10:41 EDT
Article-I.D.: array.579
Posted: Thu Oct 22 11:10:41 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 24-Oct-87 11:59:56 EDT
References: <1645@culdev1.UUCP> <4902@ncoast.UUCP> <839@csun.UUCP>
Reply-To: rob@array.UUCP (Boss Hog)
Organization: Array Systems Computing, Toronto, Canada
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In article <839@csun.UUCP> aeusemrs@csun.UUCP (Mike Stump) writes:
>
>I would have to second this motion.  With diffs, the powers that be could post
>diffs every [small unit of time; maybe day, or 3 days], and post the entire
>maps every [large unit of time; maybe 3-6 months].
>
	I agree that this might not be a bad way to go; however,
	one to three days would likely be too small a granularity
	for posting of diffs.  I know that here (and no doubt at
	other sites as well), article propagation comes by a
	variety of routes and delay times.  Quite often we
	receive followups and replies well before the original
	article.  I guess if they were always coming from the
	same newsgroup and same site, this might not be a problem.
	This would (could?) make patching a problem, as you would
	have to wait around until all intermediate patches arrived
	(if they arrived :-) before patching....
	Something to keep in mind, anyways....
			Rob Marchand
			rob@array.UUCP
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