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to: Rick Van Ruth
from: Russell Tiedt
date: 2002-11-04 20:45:22
subject: NodelistGuide or FAQ

Hello Rick.

04 Nov 02 17:48, you wrote to me:

 JS>>> NLMaint has caused a variety of problems - unpredictably.

 RT>> In places yes, others it works fine by all reports, the source is
 RT>> available, so all that is required is that someone starts
 RT>> mantaining it, and who will looh at problems reported.

 RR> Thats the good thing about it. If someone wants to change the code to
 RR> fix any perceived problems, or add extra features for new style
 RR> nodelists then they cam.

Yep! just sorry I never had the oportunity to learn to program way back when 
I was young, other wise I'd have good ol' bash at doing so myself. :-)

 RT>> With the amount of crap in the nodelist, it just might not be a
 RT>> suprise
 RT>> that it does "funny" thing once in awhile, even if MakeNl
 RT>> overlooks most of it.

 RR> I always thought makenl to be very unforgiving.

Of some things maybe, others not, just look at the current state of the 
nodelist, that it is capable of creating.

Russell

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