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From: rimbold@apollo.COM (Robert Rimbold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Bob is on vacation - Was: Re: Three big warnings ..
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Date: 4 Jan 89 22:45:00 GMT
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In article <2838@cbnews.ATT.COM> wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker) writes:
>In article <24163@sgi.SGI.COM> scotth@harlie.SGI.COM (Scott Henry) writes:
>>
>>I guess, our comp.{source,binaries}.amiga moderator needs to check out
>>animations somewhat more thoroughly than other  binaries... :-). Or at least
>>post a warning in clear about the poosible requirement of a PAL Amiga for
>>these animations.
>
>Rather.  Compliments to Bob for getting out an incredible number of 
>binaries (heck, I thought our newsfiles were corrupt when I saw over
>60 postings in c.b.amiga 8-), but perhaps he's shaved a few too many
>corners ?


Well, Bob's on vacation, so I'll stick up for him :-). The last time
I spoke to him (well, not really the *last* time, but recently) I asked
how much testing he was doing on the useability of the submissions to
the comp.{source,binaries}.amiga groups. He tests to make sure that all
of the parts seem to be there, and that's it. Then he re-posts it.

I think that it's too much to expect him to test every submission and
make sure that all the source compiles correctly (he would have to have
every version of every compiler, right?) and that all the animations
execute correctly (some of them require *big* memory, right?) and that all
the binaries execute correctly or don't do something nasty (it's awful
hard to search for unintentional bugs).

He's doing a great job. Let's not *really* overwork him :-)

'Rob




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In article <2838@cbnews.ATT.COM> wbt@cbnews.ATT.COM (William B. Thacker) writes:
>In article <24163@sgi.SGI.COM> scotth@harlie.SGI.COM (Scott Henry) writes:
>>
>>I guess, our comp.{source,binaries}.amiga moderator needs to check out
>>animations somewhat more thoroughly than other  binaries... :-). Or at least
>>post a warning in clear about the poosible requirement of a PAL Amiga for
>>these animations.
>
>Rather.  Compliments to Bob for getting out an incredible number of 
>binaries (heck, I thought our newsfiles were corrupt when I saw over
>60 postings in c.b.amiga 8-), but perhaps he's shaved a few too many
>corners ?


Well, Bob's on vacation, so I'll stick up for him :-). The last time
I spoke to him (well, not really the *last* time, but recently) I asked
how much testing he was doing on the useability of the submissions to
the comp.{source,binaries}.amiga groups. He tests to make sure that all
of the parts seem to be there, and that's it. Then he re-posts it.

I think that it's too much to expect him to test every submission and
make sure that all the source compiles correctly (he would have to have
every version of every compiler, right?) and that all the animations
execute correctly (some of them require *big* memory, right?) and that all
the binaries execute correctly or don't do something nasty (it's awful
hard to search for unintentional bugs).

He's doing a great job. Let's not *really* overwork him :-)

'Rob