Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!uwvax!umn-d-ub!umn-cs!bungia!sialis!rjg From: rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Elm source postings... Keywords: Elm Coordinator Message-ID: <593@sialis.mn.org> Date: 26 Jun 88 15:26:09 GMT References: <509@altnet.ALTOS.COM> <413@dsinc.UUCP> Reply-To: rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) Organization: Dr. Ho Laboratory and Day Care Center Lines: 29 In article <413@dsinc.UUCP> syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein) writes: >As a loser in this vote, let me congradulate the winner, and say, >I think the net made a good choice. Now on to the flames: (One only >and its not even a flame) > >1. I don't think we should post the gamma sources. I think instead >we should make them available for anon uucp, and I volunteer my site >as one place to get them from. My reason, the net is already crowded, >this gamma release will quickly be superceeded. I sent private mail to the coordinator making the same suggestion, but I also added the point that 2.0 gamma is notably _less_ stable than 1.7beta or even 1.5, which itself was frustrating. If you post the sources, everyone will grab it, install it, use it, and get annoyed. That is not the approach that is currently desired. I also suggested making it available by anon-uucp. That way, anyone who wants it, and also understands the "dangers" (or chances) they will be taking, will also have to make the effort to get it. There should not be a source posting until some "major" problems are dealt with and solved (in other words, do not post anything that has the terms alpha, beta or gamma associated to it. Only post true, completed and tested products. -- "I've been trying for some time to Robert J. Granvin develop a life-style that doesn't National Information Systems, Inc. require my presence." rjg@sialis.mn.org -Garry Trudeau ...{{amdahl,hpda}!bungia,rosevax}!sialis!rjg