Newsgroups: news.software.b
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: too many newsgroups ?
Message-ID: <1988May10.182425.2120@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <22040@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> <245@prcpto.PRC.SID> <305@syntron.UUCP>, <138@insyte.uucp>
Date: Tue, 10 May 88 18:24:25 GMT

> I have gathered from reading the news.* groups that 2.11 is the "official"
> latest but I have also seen references to version 3.0 and another called
> C-News...

What's called "official" depends on who's doing the calling, but to sum
up briefly:

2.11 is the current version of B news, the most widely-distributed news
system.  Most anybody should be able to help you get a copy of this.

C News is a rewrite of the transport and storage subsystems of B news for
greater performance and slightly improved functionality.  A preliminary
version of it went out to comp.sources.unix some months ago, followed by
a few updates posted here.  There hasn't been a newer release yet.

3.0 is a rewrite of all of B news, primarily for cleanliness and improved
functionality, although the people doing it are paying attention to the
things C News has done for improved performance.  It has not been released
yet.

Whether the future lies in C News or 3.0 is a bit unclear just now.
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