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From: evan@telly.UUCP (Evan Leibovitch)
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: propose new moderated group alt.psmaps
Summary: if the files are so big, why not just post patches?
Message-ID: <257@telly.UUCP>
Date: 20 Jul 88 21:39:15 GMT
References: <611@bacchus.DEC.COM>
Organization: System telly, Brampton, Ontario
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In article <611@bacchus.DEC.COM>, reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid) writes:
> 
> Many of you have seen the PostScript network maps that I produce.
>
> The map files are currently running about 1.6 megabytes per month for the
> 8.5x11 versions...
> 
> [proposal to create moderated group alt.psmaps]
>
> Only 15 newsgroups currently have more monthly volume than 1.6 megabytes, and
> it seems quite antisocial to propose the creation of a newsgroup that will
> instantly make the top 15 in terms of size. 

I haven't seen one of the maps, but would very much like to. Frankly, I'd
prefer to see a general-purpose comp.sources.postscript group, but one has
to start somewhere. And I for one don't have the patience to go through that
miserable voting procedure. So alt it is. Perhaps alt.sources.postscript?

As for your map, does it change so much that the entire
1.6 needs to be re-posted every month?

What about posting the full map, say once per year, and posting changes
to that file every month. Sort of like the way changes to the Usenet
documentation ("here's this month's way of creating a newsgroup" :-) are made.

Perhaps the practice of posting patches, rather than the whole thing, would
keep the volume low enough to justify wider distribution (and posting patches
seems to keep consistent with the way other sources groups handle updates.)

> Ladies and Gentlemen, start your flame-throwers.

Flames my eye. It's a great idea. Belongs in comp.
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