Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!anu-news!list From: munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston) Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news Subject: RE: Meaningful patches Message-ID: <8909260523.AA29000@uunet.uu.net> Date: 26 Sep 89 20:14:10 GMT Sender: ANU-NEWS DiscussionReply-To: Geoff Huston Lines: 28 X-cc: GIH900@uunet.UU.NET "Rand P. Hall" writes: >$ Set Mode/flame/severity=annoying > >What happened to DIFF and PATCH? I thought changes to NEWS (other than >major revisions) were going to be posted as DIFF/PATCH files. > >I *certainly* appreciate *everyones'* contributions, especially >Geoff's. BUT, it just gets a bit crazy to start extracting code >segments from postings. If you're going to go through the bother of >posting patches, why not do it in the manner in which the most people >can benefit from it? The code fragments were posted out as replies to particular problems, indicating the cause of the problem and the way in which it can be circumvented. It was (and still is) my intent to consolidate the various changes in V5.9 and release a set of DIFF and SLP postings in VMS_SHARE format to the net within the next two weeks. (V5.9A I suppose) You will continue to see code fragments posted to the net - if the problem described is bugging you, or if you think that the fix is inappropriate to the problem then this is perhaps the best opportunity to comment. After it gets posted as part of the minor version update cycle then the expectation is that many (if not most) sites will have already made the patch. Geoff