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bit@birnehh.mali.sub.org (Mike Hoehn) writes:

>Wie sieht es eigentlich mit dem Taylor UUCP 1.04 aus? Ist die
>Version immer noch in der Beta-Phase?

Ja, in Kuerze soll eine zweite Beta-Version herauskommen.

>Was hat die neue Version sonst noch fuer Vorteile, gegenueber der
>1.03?

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From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
Message-Id: <9209170640.AA06457@comton.airs.com>
Subject: Beta version of 1.04 now available
Date: 	Thu, 17 Sep 1992 08:40:00 +0200
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]

The beta version of UUCP 1.04 is now available.

It is on ftp.uu.net in tmp/taylor-uucp-1.04.tar.Z.  The file is 914363
bytes.
[Achtung: Inzwischen steht es nicht mehr unter tmp! - stn]

I've rearranged the directory layout, and there will be no patches
from 1.03.  Sorry.  I will provide patches from this version to the
final version of 1.04.

There have been many changes since 1.03.  This is a beta release, and
I'm sure there are bugs.  Please be careful not to lose your previous
version, in case you have to go back to it.

The documentation is only partially updated.  I believe that
everything important is included.  It will be updated fully for the
final release.

Any and all feedback is, of course, greatly appreciated.  The more
feedback I get now, the better the final version of 1.04 will be.

Since there are so many changes, I plan to make a second beta release
(a gamma release?), probably around the end of September.  If there
are any (simple) features that you really must have, I may be willing
to add them before then.  I won't add any new features after the gamma
release.

Here is a list of changes from the README.

IMPORTANT: the default when talking to another version of 1.04 is to
use the new bidirectional 'i' protocol.  If you are using a
half-duplex modem, such as a Telebit T2500, you will want to either
mark the port as half-duplex with the ``half-duplex'' command, or
force use of the 'g' protocol by using the ``protocol'' command in the
sys or port file or by adding ``,g'' after the port name in the
Systems or L.sys or Devices file.

IMPORTANT: I don't think the timing code is quite correct.  Don't rely
on the statistics file entries in this beta release.  This will be
straightened out for the real release.

    As usual, many bugs were fixed.

    Bidirectional transfers are supported with the new 'i' protocol;
    it requires an eight-bit clear datapath.

    New programs: uusched, cu, uuto and uupick.

    The 'G' protocol and a new Zmodem protocol were added.

    A number of uustat options were added to support uuclean, and a
    sample uuclean shell script was added to the contrib directory.
    The uustat output formats were changed slightly.

    A protocol extension eliminates transfer of the command file for
    simple commands, such as rmail or rnews, when talking to another
    version of 1.04.

    TLI support was added.

    UUCP forwarding was added.

    If a file transfer fails in the middle, the retry will now start
    from where it left off.  The implementation is compatible with
    SVR4.

    The work queue is checked every 10 minutes during a conversation;
    if there is new work and a bidirectional protocol is not in use,
    the receiving uucico requests the sender to transfer control.

    The UUCP configuration file reading routines were moved into a
    standalone library, uuconf.  All known bugs in V2 and HDB
    configuration file reading were fixed.

    The ``half-duplex'' command was added for the port and dialer
    files.

    The ``max-retries'', ``success-wait'', ``send-request'' and
    ``receive-request'' commands were added for the sys file.  The
    ``call-request'' and ``called-request'' commands were eliminated
    (they did not work correctly anyhow).

    \d in chat scripts now calls sleep (2) rather than sleep (1), so
    it will sleep longer (on some systems sleep(1) may delay much less
    than one second).

    SPOOLDIR_SVR4 was added for SVR4 style spool directories.

    Defaults are now permitted in the port and dialer files.

    The ALIAS field is supported in the HDB Permissions file.
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