From:	MERC::"uunet!VM1.NODAK.EDU!OWNER-ANU-NEWS" 25-FEB-1993 20:34:38.64
To:	Multiple recipients of list ANU-NEWS <ANU-NEWS@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
CC:	
Subj:	Re: ANU News V6.1 beta 6 now available.

In article <1993Feb24.153644.47591@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.ed
u (Bob Sloane) writes:
>
> I am happy to announce the availability of ANU News V6.1 beta 6.
> Hopefully this will be the last beta test version.  It is available via
> anonymous ftp from kuhub.cc.ukans.edu in the directory [.anu_v61b6]. My
> thanks to all those involved in getting this release ready, especially
> Mark Pizzolato and Harry Flowers.

> If you have any problem with this release of NEWS please let me know.

Ok, here comes :-).  For starters, let me thank you (and Mark & Harry) for your
efforts on this release.  It's getting better and better!

1)  It appears that the search command is still broken.  Try the following:
sel news.software.anu-news
search/all sloane

It should have found many matches but it doesn't find any.  It goes through all
the motions and tells you how many messages it searched, but doesn't match
anything.

2)  In NEWSSITE.H, a comment line says that the default for CACHE is OFF.  The
variables that follow the comment turn it ON.

3)  SHOW VERSION is much improved!  The description for NEWS_INIT needs to be
changed though.  I set mine to (around line 953):
    {"NEWS_INIT", NEWS_INIT,
        "If non zero, check logical NEWS_INIT or sys$login:news.init at startup"
},

4)  There is a typo in NEWSPOST.C.  At line 1257, change "Invoiking" to
"Invoking" (no i in the middle).  This fix was posted to the group in
September but missed for 6.1b6.

5)  In NEWSPROFILE.C, the Reply-To: setting is not shown.  There needs to be a
put_line statement at around lines 634 and 640.

6)  I'd like to suggest that NEWS_USAGE.COM and GAWK.EXE be included as part of
the standard distribution.  The command file was developed by Hunter Goatley
and posted to this list last year to produce a report from the News usage log
file.  I can send the command file to anyone that needs it or wants to put it
up for FTP with the News distribution.

Overall, this release appears better than 6.1b5 so we're (you're!) definitely
heading in the right direction.  I haven't tested the NNTP server yet to see if
all the access violations have gone away.

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