straw poll: diffs yes/no?

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Hi,

Roeland Th. Jansen wrote:
> > I could have the "make beta" process send these diffs directly to the
> > mgetty mailing list -- but on the other hand, sometimes these diffs are
> > *largish* (20kbytes, 50kbytes), so not everybody may accept this.
> > 
> > For this reason, please lets discuss this here. Would you prefer having
> > diffs by mail (and ftp), or only by ftp on ftp.leo.org?
> 
> I think it's okay to have the diffs here. eventually, you could split up
> between a developent list where it's posted. tin is posted this way
> (completely) and wine is posted with diffs this way.

Well, the overwhelming majority (8 votes to 1) opted for "please do not
send it to the list, ftp is better", and I think they are right. This way,
the bandwidth is only "wasted" if people actually *want* the diff. Not
everybody wants to upgrade to every single new release.

I *think* I might auto-post it to the mgetty newsgroup
(de.alt.comm.mgetty), though. :)

gert

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