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Article #1614Re: comp.sources.reviewed -> comp.sources.posix (+ c.s.u controversy)
From: Warren Tucker
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 18:33
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1991 18:33
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In article <1991Mar03.152123.17801@chinet.chi.il.us> laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) writes: >In article <1991Mar2.194702.18667@tridom.uucp> wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US writes: >>Had c.s.reviewed been around, a ready mechanism would have been >>in place that perhaps would have eliminated *all* those patches. >Addressing only POSIX-compliant software is very good, but why not restate >the newsgroup as specifically for software going through a beta or gamma >test phase? That is, put it out so people can bang on it, apply patches, >and then post the final result to groups which get archived. I think you've got something there. Maybe what we need is a *mailing list* with a moderator (list manager) and a group of reviewers who work together to produce "better" versions of code that then get submitted to one of the established groups. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warren Tucker, TuckerWare emory!n4hgf!wht or wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US "An ANSI C elephant: just like the real one, but the position, shape and length of the trunk and tail are left to the vendor's discretion." -- me
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!kd4nc!n4hgf!wht From: wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.sources.wanted,alt.sources.d,alt.sources.wanted,news.groups Subject: Re: comp.sources.reviewed -> comp.sources.posix (+ c.s.u controversy) Message-ID: <358@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US> Date: 8 Mar 91 18:33:24 GMT References: <1991Feb28.160555.8446@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM> <1991Mar1.082855.149@tfl.dk> <1991Mar2.194702.18667@tridom.uucp> <1991Mar03.152123.17801@chinet.chi.il.us> Reply-To: wht@n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US (Warren Tucker) Followup-To: comp.sources.d Organization: Amateur Radio Station N4HGF Lines: 19