On Thu, 2 Nov 89 20:24:04 EST Andrew T. Robinson said:
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>And even if SFS proves NOT to be a reasonable alternative, I think
>the FILELIST support needs to be tightened up.  A maintainer should
>not have to hand-edit FILELISTs to add, remove, or rename files.  If
>you are going to impose a file system on a file system, you should
>provide the primatives for manipulating files    transparently in that
>environment.
Ahhh.  Now we are at the meat of the problem.  IMHO, you were expressing
technical solutions, to a problem you hadn't described.  Now, I agree.
That is one of the reasons that my LSV$PUT allows me to add entries
on the fly to a FILELIST.  I believe that Yale has done the
same thing.
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>This is not a put-down of LISTSERV or Eric's implementation.  It is an
>expression of my concerns as a LISTSERV user and administrator.
I think it is more as an administrator.  I totally understand, which
is why I've had to end up writing some of my own administrative tools.
LISTDEL(which is badly in need of repair), and LSVUNREG, which
is being reworked by Michael Gettes and meself into LSVMAINT,
a more general tool.
Eric's time has been limited and he has concentrated on the end user
facilities, and this is NOT a criticism.
 
 
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>Andy
 
Harry