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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 13:53:11 +0000
From: Andy Fawcett <tap@lspace.org>
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Subject: Re: My Newsbase installation was working, until...
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Richard Sargeant <Sargeant@arcade.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Today, at 11:20:17 GMT +0000, Carol Carpenter wrote:
>>> I unarchived Newsbase first of all, and tested that by itself...
>> What an odd thing to do.
[...]
> Should the ANT transport be provided in a !Acornet distribution? As I
> see it (using !Spark) compressed, it is three times larger than the
> next largest transports (freenews and ka9q) and like the Termite
> transport, something not really relevant to !Acornet users.
As the (one time) developer of the Termite transports for newsbase, I
agree with Richard on this matter. All the non-relevant stuff should be
dragged out of all the applications, providing the authors agree to it.
Of course, since Graham and Doggysoft had a hand in these transports, I
might get over-ruled...
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