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Path: uunet!zephyr!tektronix!tekgen!tekred!saab!billr
From: billr@saab.CNA.TEK.COM (Bill Randle)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games
Subject: v06INF4: New Auxillary Headers
Message-ID: <4140@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM>
Date: 24 Jun 89 16:19:22 GMT
Sender: news@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM
Lines: 36
Approved: billr@saab.CNA.TEK.COM
Submitted-by: Bill Randle <billr@saab.CNA.TEK.COM>
Posting-number: Volume 6, Info 4
Archive-name: V6-Info4
Two new optional auxillary headers have been added to comp.sources.games
postings. The first one "Patch-To:" lists a volume and issue number that
a posted patch applies to. This can provide extra help for automatic
archivers to ensure that the patch gets archived with the original
source (for archive sites that save files by vol/issue). The format of
the "Patch-To:" line is:
Patch-To: Volume v, Issue i
or
Patch-To: Volume v, Issue i-j
The second optional header is "Superseeds:". This is used when posting
an updated version of a program that was previously posted. The format
of the "Superseeds:" line is:
Superseeds: archive-name; Volume n, Issue i
or
Superseeds: archive-name; Volume n, Issue i-j
The Superseeds entry is helpful for cleaning archives by providing a
pointer to previous versions that (may) be deleted from the archive.
As always, feedback and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
-Bill Randle
Moderator, comp.sources.games
Tektronix, Inc.
games@saab.CNA.TEK.COM
P.S. Another change that should not affect anyone is that news postings
are now made from my Sun worstation, rather than the Vax, so some of
the news headers will have "saab.CNA.TEK.COM" instead of "tekred.CNA.TEK.COM".
In addition, the sender field will say "nobody@tekred.CNA.TEK.COM".