Date:	Mon, 28 Jun 93 09:56:37 EDT
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To:	peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: djgpp at mirror sites

> I was just told by Keith Petersen that the djgpp directory at Simtel20 no
> longer exists because "The author has ignored requests to help us stay
> current with the latest files and ours were badly outdated."  This is too bad
> because omnigate just doesn't have the high-speed internet links that make
> the Simtel20 mirror sites so attractive.  I could send him the files I have,
> but I don't have everything, and since most of the files didn't come directly
> from omnigate, I can't absolutely guarantee that they haven't been tampered
> with.  (Not that I have any reason to suspect that they have been.)  We need
> a way to get current and future releases to Simtel20 in a timely fashion.

I'm willing to work with Keith (again), but at the time there were
non-reconcilable differences between djgpp and simtel20 policy.
Simtel20 wanted all files to be smaller than 360K for floppy
distribution.  This is ridiculous for djgpp, which is about 11Mb in
full.  I'd be happy to upload the stuff to Simtel20 before omnigate if
I can get adequate instructions for doing so.  I don't think they'll
give me an account there like the one I use a Clarkson for managing
the djgpp area.

Perhaps omnigate and simtel20 could be attached through a mirror so I
don't have to upload stuff twice?  Many other sites mirror omnigate
already.

- Raw text -