mt Xinu to Manage 4.2BSD Bug List

[ed at unisoft.UUCP]

            _m_t _X_i_n_u _M_a_n_a_g_e_m_e_n_t _o_f _t_h_e _4._2_B_S_D _B_u_g _L_i_s_t



In cooperation with the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of
the University of California at Berkeley, _m_t _X_i_n_u will manage the
4.2BSD Bug List as a service to the UNIX (trademark of  Bell  La-
boratories)  community.   What we will do, similar to a moderated
newsgroup on the network, are the following.  All of this materi-
al will be available on a equal basis, in a timely manner, to all
parties, subject only to AT&T license restrictions.

     1.   Collect and edit the reports of bugs  in  the  4.2  BSD
          system.   We  will not censor any submittals; rather we
          will edit to eliminate duplicates and  produce  manage-
          able documentation of the bug reports.  This documenta-
          tion will be available publically, and will be  distri-
          buted  over  all  of  the appropriate networks.  No bug
          fixes of any kind will be included in  this  publically
          distributed document.

     2.   Collect and edit, in the same  manner,  proposed  fixes
          for  the  reported  bugs.  These reported fixes will be
          available to anyone who has a verified  source  license
          at a nominal handling charge.  There will be a one-time
          charge for verifying the license, and  a  small  charge
          for  making a tape whenever one is requested.  Proposed
          fixes will not be available over the network, at  least
          not  in  publically-readable  places.  NO WARRANTY, EX-
          PRESSED OR IMPLIED, IS GIVEN THAT  ANY  BUG  FIXES  ARE
          CORRECT.  The fixes included will be those suggested by
          the persons reporting the bugs, all  of  whom  will  be
          suitably identified.

There will be no charge for this service, except for the handling
fees  for  verifying  licenses  and  making tapes of the proposed
fixes.

It may be possible in the future for _m_t _X_i_n_u and/or CSRG to  make
fixed  modules available.  Depending on the source of these fixed
modules, there may or may not be a charge for this service beyond
a nominal handling fee.  No commitment is made to provide updated
modules.

-- 
Ed Gould
ucbvax!mtxinu!ed