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From: dan@srs.UUCP (Dan Kegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs,news.misc
Subject: Re: sending source code
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Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 09:06:14 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  5 09:06:14 1987
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Roughly paraphrased:
> It is desireable to use a compressing archiver (like zoo or arc)
> to package groups of files for transmission.
> However, the resulting archives must be uuencoded (or btoa'd) before
> transmission on Usenet.
> Why not just make the compressing archiver output in a format
> suitable for direct transmission on Usenet?

Sounds like a good idea to me.  I've always disliked having to go
thru three steps (paste, uudecode, unarchive) to decode these postings;
it's work I'd just as soon have a program do for me.

I think that more thought needs to be given to transmitting large
binary files over Usenet.  People often distribute documentation and
source in this format, so the old objection "But executables don't belong 
on Usenet" no longer applies.

- Dan Kegel