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In regards to patch frequency, what about News 2.11 or Pearl. There are now 17
patches for 2.11 and I forget how many came out originally for pearl. Patch,
itself, is up to 8.

There are two major problems that I see with comp.sources/comp.misc and
official patches.

One is that the patches may not be posted in a commonly read newsgroup.
As an example, the sources for 2.11 were posted in mod.sources (comp.sources?)
and the official patches appear in news.software.b. It was by pure accident
that I even saw the news patches and found where to look for them. This is
probably the extreme case, but I am sure that other cases may be found (elm).

I claim that all offical patches should be issued through the moderated source
group that the program was originally posted. This would allow easier
administration of fixes and put them in a known group.

The second problem is that with certain critical programs (news, patch) it
probably makes sense, at some point, to do a repost with all the patches
applied.  With news 2.11, I found that I had to upgrade the patch program
to apply som patches.  Also, I had to get a patch that I'd missed due to
system problems and had one arrive slightly mangled.

Perhaps certain programs should be periodically posted once a quarter or once a
year just to ensure that the community has up to date versions. News and patch
would be prime canidates.

As an aside, I wonder what the average net patch level for news is, or the patch
program? Are there still sites using 2.10.* ?