Re: significant bug in readnews 2.10, fi

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4 total messages Started by rob Sat, 13 Oct 1984 03:44

#319

Author: rob
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 1984 03:44

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Chuq Von Rospach writes:
        The proper fix to this is to upgrade to 2.10.2, recently 
	posted to net.sources.  ...  

I disagree.  Another "proper" fix is to run notes, available
from the University of Illinois.

Rob Adams, INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation,
{ihnp4,allegra}!ima!rob		(617) 247 1155

Re: significant bug in readnews 2.10, fi

#321

Author: Zonker T. Chuqui
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 1984 23:16

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> Rob Adams writes:
>
> Chuq Von Rospach writes:
>         The proper fix to this is to upgrade to 2.10.2, recently 
> 	posted to net.sources.  ...  
> 
> I disagree.  Another "proper" fix is to run notes, available
> from the University of Illinois.

Before we start (another) range war on the notes/news fight, let me
clarify:

	NEWS sites that have not upgraded to 2.10.2 should. Now.
	Immediately. You are losing out on significant features, fixes, and
	fun. You can also be creating lots of grief for your neighbors and
	other sites on the net if your don't (what you do or don't do DOES
	affect the rest of the net, and you DO have a responsibility to the
	net... *gripe* *gripe*

	NOTES sites should make sure that their systems conform to the news
	standards. Many don't. Versions are available that do. The big
	complaints (the ones that usually start the range wars) are caused
	by the notes sites that don't bother to run decent software or fix
	it when it breaks. 

	WHICHEVER you use is up to personal preference. I like news. He
	likes notes. It doesn't matter, as long as the software you DO use
	is up to date.

	chuq



-- 
From the Department of Bistromatics:                   Chuq Von Rospach
{cbosgd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui  nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA

How about 'reason for living?'

Re: significant bug in readnews 2.10, fi

#320

Author: Phil Ngai
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 1984 01:35

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> I disagree.  Another "proper" fix is to run notes, available
> from the University of Illinois.

Barf. Take your (notes') stupid "Orphaned Responses" and keep them, I
don't want to see them. Or the truncated article titles.
-- 

 Phil Ngai (408) 982-6554
 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amd!phil
 ARPAnet: amd!phil@decwrl.ARPA

Re: significant bug in readnews 2.10, fi

#322

Author: Greg Noel
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 1984 05:15

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In article <245@haddock.UUCP> rob@haddock.UUCP (Rob Adams) writes:
>I disagree.  Another "proper" fix is to run notes, available
>from the University of Illinois.

I disagree with that -- the "notes" interface to the outside world is
simply not adequate, no matter how good it is for human beings.  Notice,
for example, how "notes" has truncated the the subject line in the
followup to which I am following up.  A more suitable "proper" response
would be to run "rn" -- I can't speak highly enough about how well it
has been engineered, both for human beings and for other news computers.
-- 
-- Greg Noel, NCR Torrey Pines       Greg@sdcsvax.UUCP or Greg@nosc.ARPA

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