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- From: cbbrowne@csi.uottawa.ca (Christopher Browne)
- Subject: Re: STZIP.. is the latest version here yet?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.000011.1224@csi.uottawa.ca>
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- Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Ottawa
- References: <16B5D9CAD.BWWL@ibm.rz.tu-clausthal.de>> <ENTROPY.93Jan21084600@kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1jn10rINN87b@golem.wcc.govt.nz>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 00:00:11 GMT
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- In article <1jn10rINN87b@golem.wcc.govt.nz> wells_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
- >> On a related topic, please do not upload .ZIP files to atari.archive,
- >> as we do not have the facilities on the archive machine to check them
- >> for errors and so on. If your favorite new program came in a ZIP
- >> archive, please re-pack it into ARC, ZOO, or LZH format before
- >> uploading it to atari.archive.
- >
- >What a nuisance!
-
- That's life.
-
- I can't run Sudden View, or Cal 6.3 when I'm working at the
- university. That's a nuisance too.
-
- >What percentage of files are ever corrupt any-way!? I've had problems
- >with about 2 files I've gotten from a.a and that's just because
- >I had the wrong version of the de-archiver!
-
- That's because the "Terminator Team" is able to check over the files
- due to them being in "appropriate format", so that they can gripe at
- the people that sent in corrupted files.
-
- Since, I gather, they don't have a version of ZIP running at the
- archive, it makes it rather difficult to even see if there's actually
- anything IN a .zip file.
-
- If you make THEIR life easier, by complying with THEIR requests, it
- makes the operation of the archives easier and quicker, which means
- that more files get put in their places sooner. I like THAT
- arrangement.
-
- If you want them to use ZIP, then I suggest that you find a source
- code version that will compile under UNIX, and send them a copy.
- Otherwise, forget it.
-
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