Newsgroups: ont.uucp
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: CNews status?
Message-ID: <1988Feb19.140822.29497@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <340@sce.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 19-Feb-88 14:08:14 EST

> What is the current status of CNews?  Is it still a shaky alpha
> version?  Or has it progressed to 'less than a week of fiddling
> before relative stability' stage?

It reached pretty much that stage very shortly after the alpha release.
If you consider the five C News Bulletins to be part of said release,
the alpha release was solid and runnable right from the start.  It's not
well documented, and figuring out how to install it can be a chore, but
it works well despite some remaining quirks.  There are parts of the Toronto
net where it's hard to find a B news now.

> What systems does it run on (We've got a System V Microport (gasp!))?

Most anything.  It runs better on a system which has dbm, but the crude
dbm simulation we provide runs (I am told) surprisingly well.
-- 
Those who do not understand Unix are |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
condemned to reinvent it, poorly.    | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry
