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- From: tgl+@cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane)
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- Subject: Re: comp.sources.reviewed and a blast from the past
- Summary: need to raise c.s.r's reputation?
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- Date: 20 Aug 92 15:08:45 GMT
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- markd@werple.pub.uu.oz.au (Mark Delany) writes:
- > > Of course, the whole point of c.s.r is to post only software that meets a
- > > standard of quality defined by the reviewers. ...
- >
- > ... keep c.s.r's
- > quality requirements as is. Nothing can help quality more than having
- > a premier review group that people aspire to post to.
-
- Hmm. Maybe *here* is the problem. In order to function as intended,
- c.s.r needs to be perceived as a prestigious place to post. Software
- authors need to be willing to go to some extra effort in order to have
- their stuff appear in c.s.r rather than c.s.m or c.s.u.
-
- Right now I don't believe that c.s.r has the necessary cachet. Judging
- from the tone of this discussion so far, c.s.r has if anything a rather
- *negative* reputation among authors. People seem to view c.s.r as just
- a beta-testing mechanism, and an overly rigid one at that. If the proposed
- comp.sources.testers passes and is successful, c.s.r may die rapidly.
-
- Perhaps I have misjudged the prevailing opinion, but if this is an accurate
- summary, then c.s.r needs a serious P.R. effort (at least; perhaps
- substantive changes too). How can we go about making c.s.r into
- "the premier place to post sources"?
-
- regards, tom lane
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