Hi Folks,
Every once in a while, if there is some program on the CBT Tape that
needs fixing, and I don't have time to do it, I'll put out a request for
someone to fix it, on [EMAIL PROTECTED] . If there are any
takers (or "attempters"), they should write back to me, or to the list,
that they are going to try to fix Program X from File nnn. Then I'll
communicate with them, and we'll monitor how the progress is going.
Since we want to maintain quality control, and we don't want a bunch
of slightly different versions of the same program floating around, but
we'd rather combine the advantages of ALL versions into one program if
possible, I reserve the right to supervise the proceedings and decide
which fixes actually go onto the CBT Tape. (Of course, I'll try to be
reasonable.)
If you have any suggestions to make this process better, please post
a message and we'll have a discussion. A lot of times, only one person
might actually attempt to do a fix, so a question of "multiple fixes to
the same program" might not actually come up.
In any case, it is easy to "check out" an existing version of a
given program, so you can work on it. Just download it from the CBT
Tape site, www.cbttape.org - CBT, or (preferably) from Updates, if the
file is there. Since everything is public, of course I can't control
who "checks out" what program (nor do I want to). But the hope is that
the [EMAIL PROTECTED] group can become a vehicle to encourage
quality control and enhancements to the many tools on the CBT Tape(s).
We can even take "change requests" like IBM does. If you have any,
send them to me, and I can post the current change request list in
"Files" at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Please list "File number" and
"program name" in your request, so we can keep them in some order.
I think, over time, that everyone who joins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
will somehow participate in this "fun", and learn and benefit from it.
What do you think?
All the best........
Sam Golob
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