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- From: johnsonm@amcl2.math.stolaf.edu (Michael K Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Obsolete files at archive sites.
- In-Reply-To: jy10033@ehsn11.cen.uiuc.edu's message of Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:11:29 GMT
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:26:47 GMT
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- In article <BxtE77.1By@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jy10033@ehsn11.cen.uiuc.edu (Joshua M Yelon) writes:
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- There are a lot of obsolete files at the archive sites (I'm not blaming
- anybody, it's just a natural consequence of fact that Linux is developing
- very rapidly). The obsolete files do cause a lot of confusion, though...
-
- Perhaps we could set up some sort of 'version control'. Here's one
- possible approach: when you download a package, you could see if it works
- with the currently-accepted version of linux and associated utilities.
- If not, you could send me a mail message with a subject line like this:
-
- BROKEN: tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/admutil1.2
-
- I could compile these into coherent listings, and mail them to the
- archive maintainers on a weekly basis. The archive maintainers could
- respond by moving the files to a 'possibly-bogus' subdirectory.
-
- That's just a top-of-my-head solution... if you have something better,
- by all means, suggest it. I do think it's important, though, that
- we sort things out a little bit.
-
- Well, how about just mailing to the maintainers -- we really don't
- mind. tsx-11 is not completely caught up, but I try to deal with bad
- file mails as quickly as I can.
-
- If something is broken at tsx-11, send mail to
- ftp-linux@tsx-11.mit.edu
- and either Ted or I will fix it. No need to go through a middle-man.
- I imagine the same is true for the other sites. You usually get an
- administrative address when you log in -- this is what that address is
- for.
-
- So thanks, Josh, for the offer. I just think it would be more
- efficient if people mailed us. (And some do, and things have
- changed...)
-
- michaelkjohnson
-