Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!dsinc!syd From: syd@dsinc.DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: comp.sources.patches - END OF DISCUSSION Keywords: New group, comp.sources.patches Message-ID: <141@dsinc.DSI.COM> Date: 4 Jun 89 02:43:39 GMT References: <475@ssbell.UUCP> <480@ssbell.UUCP> <136@mcl.UUCP> <21559@mcdchg.chg.mcd.mot.com> <494@ssbell.UUCP> <25224@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein) Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Lines: 34 In article <25224@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner) writes: :>Now, how do we go about educating people that they should post :>their "Official" patches to the newsgroup that the software was :>initially posted to ? : :Flame them to a smoldering crisp when they don't. Rather than causing us to ignore you entirely, how about having the moderators of the respective groups announce their willingness to have the patches to us existing source coordinators. I have seen a lot of posting about things, but have heard nothing official. Also, as a side issue for discussion, how long should we wait after a patch is out before posting (sending it to Rich for posting) it to c.s.u? As in the case of Elm, my function, it seems our patches can be very controversial. If I post them at the same time, the world archives a patch, but Rich has double duty to also post the followup patch instead of both at once. I am of the opinion, that as the patches to a new release stabilize, they should be sent as a group to the source newsgroup for posting. Let comp.xxx.xxx serve as a proving ground (beyond the testing already done by the authors), as we don't have access to all machine types and sometimes the patches need tuning (I am speaking of the SIGVEC problem with Elm, not the signature one). -- ===================================================================== Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator Datacomp Systems, Inc. Voice: (215) 947-9900 syd@DSI.COM or {bpa,vu-vlsi}!dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235