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- From: dhesi@rahul.net (Rahul Dhesi)
- Subject: Re: comp.sources.reviewed and a blast from the past
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- References: <22604.Aug103.47.2091@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1992Aug11.225255.22760@athena.mit.edu> <1992Aug12.152145.26416@osf.org> <1992Aug13.144432.1707@coplex.com> <1992Aug14.202913.12815@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 22:06:54 GMT
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- In <1992Aug14.202913.12815@ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
-
- >Now c.s.u., that's a different matter. When an author submits a
- >package that goes through several revisions while the moderators sit
- >on it, so that the posted version is way out of date...
-
- My philosophy about this is roughly as follows. If a software package
- is going to be out-of-date, in the sense of not being useful, within a
- few months, then it should not be posted at all, just mailed to
- selected beta-testers.
-
- On the other hand: if the revisions about to occur to the software are
- primarily ones that add new functionality, then there is no reason why
- the "out-of-date" software should not still be posted. The mere
- knowledge that something better exists should not be a reason for being
- dissatisfied with what one has.
- --
- Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net>
- also: dhesi@cirrus.com
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