From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Arjan Bos Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Posting large modes in gnu.emacs.sources Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:27:11 +0100 Organization: Wanadoo Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3fa54d1c$0$13881$1b62eedf@news.wanadoo.nl> References: <3fa17b3b$0$202$3b62cedd@news.wanadoo.nl> Reply-To: Arjan.Bos@ISeeYou.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067798133 28829 80.91.224.253 (2 Nov 2003 18:35:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 18:35:33 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 02 19:35:31 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AGN4U-0000pS-00 for ; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:35:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AGN2z-0002Bw-8x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 13:33:57 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.euro.net!postnews1.euro.net!news.wanadoo.nl!not-for-mail User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 02 Nov 2003 18:29:49 GMT Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p5130.vwr.wanadoo.nl Original-X-Trace: 1067797789 flip.euronet.nl 13881 62.234.194.18:28945 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@wanadoo.nl Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117795 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13733 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13733 Stefan Monnier wrote: >>I recently finished (I hope) a new major-mode for writing NetRexx. It's 60kb >>large. Would it be frowned upon if I were to post this in gnu.emacs.sources? > > > I don't think you'll be blamed for it. > It's really not that large. But note that many newsservers simply ignore > large messages, so I recommend you post a URL instead. > Other people disagree and think the full source is better because it then > gets archived as part of gnu.emacs.source archive, so if you post a URL, > make sure that the location will "live for ever". > In any case, a good thing to do is to also put the package in emacswiki.org. > > > Stefan Thanks, I'll do both -- -- If you really want to contact me, then replace the "I see you" text by its three letter accronym, ICU. Fabricate Diem PVNC, Motto of the Night Watch -- Terry Pratchett