I would agree with you here. At the moment we are doing what we can. We are both very pleased with how it has progressed, and realising the potential of MAK-NEWS when fully utilised is enormous. We must also take careful steps, which are obvious in many cases. Usually this will just result in a delay or two, in critical situations.
Delays are often unavoidable, which include the link to Skopje, on one day, off another day.
Still we go forward, which is the only way it should be. Also, I feel strongly about the contributions of MAK-NEWS being what the subscribers submit to me, the signature being shown as the email address, if not any other way. The decision to keep MAK-NEWS bundled up in one package has its advantages. This is full automation in practice. One of the reasons we still distribute it out manually, running the script at night when the netusage is low.