Re: Yarn 0.90 with Stacker ?

Paul Stranc (pstranc@execpc.com)
Tue, 21 May 1996 19:34:58 -0500

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>Now, I'd like to know if I can upgrade to 0.90 and still use Stacker?
>Will that huge news.dat work right from compressed partition? (Currently,
>my D:\yarn\news\ takes little over 80Mb!). I can borrow other harddisk
>for few days to convert 0.89-type newsspool to 0.90-type spool, but I just
>can't buy new harddisk.. :(

I've been doing it since Yarn 0.90 came out and I haven't had a problem
yet.

>So, can I upgrade or will I need to keep using 0.89 or change to another
>newsreader (aargh!)?

Upgrade away, if you can live with the new NEWS.DAT file format which
probably won't shrink as much on running expire like the old format did.
Using Stacker should not be a reason not to upgrade.

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Paul Stranc
pstranc@execpc.com

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