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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Version Numbers (Re: The Next Generation)
Message-ID: <1120@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Nov-87 08:47:17 EST
Article-I.D.: sugar.1120
Posted: Thu Nov 26 08:47:17 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 17:47:20 EST
References: <5294@ccicpg.UUCP> <2803@cbmvax.UUCP> <516@mcdsun.UUCP> <1570@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
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Summary: Please. No.

In article <1570@bsu-cs.UUCP>, jdh@bsu-cs.UUCP (John Hiday) writes:
> Reading about protecting me from myself has reminded me of a VMS
> feature which I sorely miss on my Amiga -- version numbers on files.

Please. No. I have never used a system with version numbers where their
main contribution hasn't been to fill up the disk (or your disk quota).
On a system where the main magnetic media consists of floppies, it'd be
even more of a loss. Just *maybe*, if you did it for hard disks only
it'd be OK.

$ TYPE LOGOUT.COM
* Command not quite remembered from a year ago.
$ PURGE /KEEP=1 [...]
$

Which kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

A much better solution is for people to do frequent backups. Version
numbers won't help you deal with a disk crash.
-- 
-- Peter da Silva  `-_-'  ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter
-- Disclaimer: These U aren't mere opinions... these are *values*.