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- From: jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
- Subject: Re: Obsolete files at archive sites.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.200039.7752@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- References: <BxtE77.1By@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:00:39 GMT
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- In article <BxtE77.1By@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jy10033@ehsn11.cen.uiuc.edu (Joshua M Yelon) writes:
- >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 a good suggestion, but we can save you some trouble, by just mailing
- me,if it comes from sunsite. Really. I am busy, but keeping sunsite in
- good shape is actually part of my job description (i.e. i get paid! :))
- Linux is just one part of what I have to do, but it is a part, and it
- is also a pleasure (I love Linux; Linux is my friend); so mail your suggestions
- and complaints (and kudos if you have any.) to me, and I can deal with them
- directly.
-
- Btw, on the suggestion Bill Mitchell (wmitchel@hannibal.atl.ge.com) and
- a couple of other people, there is now a daily updated listing of
- what is on the Linux part of sunsite in /pub/Linux/00-find.Linux.
-
- jem.
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