Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:31:56 -0600 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu> To: Stephen McKay <smckay@internode.on.net> Cc: "ctm-users@freebsd.org" <ctm-users@freebsd.org>, "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>, Andre Albsmeier <Andre.Albsmeier@siemens.com> Subject: Re: No deltas via email anymore? Message-ID: <4B57AE8C.4070003@missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <201001210118.o0L1IElB007517@dungeon.home> References: <201001201203.o0KC3r5E036646@fire.js.berklix.net> <201001202351.o0KNpsh3006649@dungeon.home> <4B579F5E.7070801@missouri.edu> <201001210118.o0L1IElB007517@dungeon.home>
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Stephen McKay wrote: > On Wednesday, 20th January 2010, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote: > >> Stephen McKay wrote: >> >>> It would be trivial to change ctm_smail to send lines of 72 characters. >>> It would reduce the encoding efficiency slightly, but not enough to >>> worry about. It is not worth making it optional. I'll probably do >>> this when I get a moment. >> >> This looks very easy to implement, namely change the line >> #define LINE_LENGTH 76 >> in /usr/src/usr.sbin/ctm/ctm_smail > > Yes. Multiples of 4 only. > >> So, would there be a problem with making this start right now? >> (Remember I make the deltas, so I can make this happen anytime.) > > Righto. I've changed my local copy from 76 to 72 and did a small test > run. Works for me. I'll update the official source when I get a chance. > > A cautious person would do their own test run, of course. :-) I have made the change. The next ctm generation starts 10pm CST. Can people tell me if there are problems? I must admit to not being cautious, but the worst that will happen is that people will need to download those deltas from the ftp sites.home | help
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