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Subject: Re: Connecting to Internet
From: cangel@famvid.com
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 05:33:09 GMT
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
On 2000-02-11 fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu(FrankdaCruz) said:
FD>Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
CA> This then begs the question "Por Qua"?
CA> Version 3.15 of MSKermit is _not_ a `beta' and it would seem logical to
CA> put those other files into the v3.15 archive (we're talking 10 minutes of
CA> someone's time?). Instead you want newcomers to download v3.14 and
CA> somehow (?) realize they can download v3.15 and insert it in place of
CA> v3.14 (delete the auto-patch references in the INI file)
FD> The reason is that the documentation files: KERMIT.UPD, KERMIT.BWR,
FD> KERMIT.HLP, NETWORKS\SETUP.DOC, and so on, have not been updated to 3.15.
FD> Packaging them with the 3.15 software would give the false impression
FD> that they were current.
Or you could add a README explaining that the docs are for v314. That would
be difficult?
FD> Or to put it another way, 3.14 is still the most recent coherent and
FD> properly packaged release. We hope we can bring everything back into
FD> alignment when version 3. 16 is released, but we can't promise it.
Yes, avoid commitments.
FD> It is one of many things we would like to do, but there are not enough
FD> people or time to do everything.
My v314 is dated `95. In 5 years there was no time?
In an earlier message you referred to assigning MSK as a class project, now
there are no people and no time.
In short, documentation doesn't interest you.
FD> However, most users agree it is better to have 3.15 and the 3.16 Betas
FD> available, even if not fully packaged, than not at all. Version 3.14 is
FD> available for those who prefer a coherent package.
Or it could be that newer v315 and v316 MSKermit running in a DOS box work so
well that it competes with K95?
In the _real_ world this logic wouldn't float.
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