From: peter@zeus.DIALix.oz.au (Peter Wemm)
Newsgroups: news.software.nn
Subject: About the patches
Date: 13 Sep 1992 12:55:25 +0800
Organization: Karam Pty. Ltd., Perth, Western Australia.
NNTP-Posting-Host: zeus.dialix.oz.au

Just a quick word about the patches I posted....

Kim has given me the go-ahead to take over the maintanance of NN, and I'm 
starting off trying to ease the transition back into regular patches and
fixes.

I have posted patches #17 and #18, based on some previous unofficial
patches that solved many of the problems.

At least this way, NN 6.4.18 is now a stable base to build on...

Note however that they don't completely "fit" into Kim's style of
patches, and that will be fixed shortly.

I am putting together another patch, #19, that will incorporate the 
fixes and improvements that have been sent to me over the last few days.
(Thanks Guys!)

In patch 19, I'm thinking about re-setting the nn-bugs address.
I am not sure of the status of the messages that have accumulated at dkuug.dk,
but I suspect the volume will either be too large to deal with, or
will be pointing to /dev/null.

I would like to start from a clean slate, *after* Patch #19 is fixed.
So.. After patch 19 is released, I'll be asking for 
bug reports/fixes/suggestions.  Stay Tuned...

I'm looking for a mainstream internet site that has a good, reliable set
of mailing list software, and would be prepared to run a mailing list
or two.  Preferably it should be automatic, handling control messages
via mail...   Any help/volunteers will be appreciated...  Thanks.
I'd run it from here, but I am fed via UUCP.  There is also the possibility
that my address might change...

I'm still looking for volunteers who would be interested in taking a part 
in future development (programming, testing, suggesting, whatever..).
I have a few so far, and if anybody else is interested, drop me a note.

There are a few things under consideration so far:
* Groups-menu:  A groups menu along the lines of the consoludated
  menus system would be most agreeable..

* True Threads: The consolidated-menus doesn't go far enough..

* Multiple news servers:  A version of nnmaster that can scan multiple
  news sources (local, and NNTP) would be nice - A single unified menu
  heirachy based on a merge of all sources.  This would be difficult
  to maintain a .newsrc compatable with other newsreaders.  I have a few
  ideas, but I'm looking for suggestions..

* Geoff Collyer's combined news thread database.  I have not seen any details
  yet, but this could definatly have advantages...  

Please feel free to comment.  For the moment, I have to ask that suggestions
go to the newsgroup, but I still want any last minute fixes you may have
laying around.  (Why re-invent the wheel?)   If you are interested in the
development, drop me a line..

I'd also like to see a version number change.. 6.4.xx would continue
to be bug fixed, but 6.5/7.0 would have the major new features.
I feel this is needed, that way it can be easily differentiated as to
where the blame for the latest problems lie... :-)

Thanks..

PS: If anybody has major objections, you had better mail me quick! :-)
-- 
Peter Wemm : peter@zeus.dialix.oz.au   If it's broke, fix it (The MS-DOS way)
Work phone: +61-9-479-1855    If it aint broke, don't touch it (The Unix way)
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