Subj : Re: WROPIC EIC EIC Echolist Update
To   : Vincent Coen
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Thu Aug 03 2023 09:36:06

Hi Vincent,

On 2023-08-02 20:54:34, you wrote to me:

 >> But you could use for instance https://winmerge.org/ (like I do) before
 >> you publish. It takes like 1 minute to do a side by side compare
 >> between the previous and latest versions, and spot these differences
 >> quite easily! ;-)

 VC> Nope, for *nix there is a very good tool - kdiff3 but did not need it.

On linux I'm using https://meldmerge.org/
I think it looks more pretty than kdiff3! ;-)

 VC> Now found two errors that could well have caused this problem so fixed
 VC> and recompiled and installed the program. I will take a look at the
 VC> version that ran on the Pi to see if it was fixed there - in which
 VC> case I will get very annoyed with myself as there is no excuse for
 VC> sloppiness in programming or s/w management.

 VC> Although my excuse could be my age.

;-)

 VC> Now to see if it fixes it -
 VC> I have resubmitted the dropped good ? echos :

 VC> SECURITY
 VC> UKNEWS
 VC> HUMOR

 VC> IMECHO I did not do so as there is zero traffic for that.

 VC> Will try and remember if these expire next year I will leave them alone.
 VC> Possibly some more that now sits under the BACKBONE banner.

Isn't that what the BACKBONE list is for? So you shouldn't meddle with what the moderators of the area meant to do?

 VC> Problem with mbse (that uses JAM), is there is no statistics available
 VC> for echo areas.

I don't use or know any such tools, but there probably are statistics tools available for JAM message bases...

Bye, Wilfred.

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