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Subject: Re: Three archive programs
From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs @ hpc . uh . edu>
Date: 06 Dec 1996 12:23:02 -0600
To: Ing E Palomar Lever <epalomar @ roentgen . gdl . iteso . mx>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: Ing E Palomar Lever's message of Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:52:32 -0600 (CST)
References: <Pine.BSI.3.91.961206104945.14600A-100000@roentgen.gdl.iteso.mx>

>>>>> "IEPL" == Ing E Palomar Lever <epalomar@roentgen.gdl.iteso.mx> writes:

IEPL> I wonder if majordomo comes with three archive programs, and
IEPL> archive2.pl is much better than the other two, when or why would you
IEPL> choose the other two?

Backwards compatibility.  Unfortunately those other ones don't get much
testing, but nobody wants to delete them and foul up everybody's configs.

New installations shouldn't actually use them, and eventually they'll go
away completely.

 - J<


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