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From: Richard Toren <rpt@miles.sso.loral.com>
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Subject: ups C++ source - where do I put it?
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A couple of items...
 1> ups 3.7 is a major redesign of ups. It uses the gdb libraries to do 
much of the low level stuff. This is Mark Russell's work. ups 3.7.??? 
should be available at:
     unix.hensa.ac.uk  
     /pub/misc/unix/ups/ups-3.7-alpha.tar.Z
This system is *very* slow (my xfer rate was 0.29k / sec with some 
disconcerting pauses that lasted for minutes.

 2> Yes 2.45.2 is an old release. But that does not mean that it is not 
it a very good product. Rod Armstrong has been using it as a baseline 
for the C++ enhancements for some years.

 3> I have put together the following:
     ups-2.45.2.tar.gz    // baseline source
     changes.gz           // recent C++ patches
     contrib-manpage      // duh!
     README               // description of changes and install instructions

 Now how do I put it in an available location. I tried to do a 'put' into 
/pub/FreeBSD/incoming with no success.
 4> There is an interesting item concerning ups 3.7 for the Sun Solaris 
system. Mark Russell works at the University of Cambridge in Kent 
England. There has been enough interest in ups for Solaris, that someone 
organized a fund into which 6 people donated $1000 each. This fund was 
used to 'buy' Mr. Russell's time to do the port. The final result will 
still be a net product, but an interesting concept. Sort of like 
pre-shareware.
 

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Rip Toren               | The bad news is that C++ is not an object-oriented |
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                        | C++ supports object-oriented programming.          |
                        |    C++ Programming & Fundamental Concepts          |
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