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From: rsk@s.cc.purdue.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Patch 11 breaks expire
Message-ID: <1339@s.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 09:58:12 EST
Article-I.D.: s.1339
Posted: Thu Oct 22 09:58:12 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Oct-87 10:32:38 EST
References: <3070@imt3b2.UUCP>
Reply-To: rsk@s.cc.purdue.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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Keywords: non dbm systems have history destroyed
Summary: Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

In article <3070@imt3b2.UUCP> imtsft@imt3b2.UUCP (IMT) writes:
>Come on folks! How about testing the patches to usenet software BEFORE they
>go out. Patch 11 broke ... 

I assure you that Rick Adams tests things as thoroughly as possible before
sending them out, but I remind you that he is human and is capable of error.
Rather than blindly assuming that patches are not tested (which you have
done implicitly by asking this question) why not drop Rick a line and ask
him?  You could also ask him if he's aware of this particular problem,
and suggest a fix to him.

Rick is under a lot of pressure from all of us out here when it comes to
releasing changes/fixes to the news software.  I think it would be better
to work with him to solve problems such as this than to launch unjustified
criticisms in his direction.  Personallly, I think the work he's done on
the news software has been of excellent quality.
-- 
Rich Kulawiec, rsk@s.cc.purdue.edu, s.cc.purdue.edu!rsk
PUCC News Person