QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RELEASE

What are the differences between saber on RT (1.2B) vs VAX (1.2C)?
Does Saber 2.0 exist? What good is it?

> 1.2CX has some bug fixes; .saberinit is incompatible with 2.0, need
> #ifdef SABER2_0 to check (Ken)

Does mit-local exist? [no]

> Confirmed by Dan

What is gnuplots status? name?  C-compatibility?

> Should use the xmath locker (/usr/athena/gnuplot)
> No C interface, hopes to replace RS/1 someday :-)

What does it mean that "server kernels must be updated" for "chgrp"?

> Carla thinks they already have been.  Confirmed.

Is there any machine (not Selene) that tests for X11 compatibility?

> some machine called selene will do that - Dan

THINGS WRONG WITH THE RELEASE

Is GDB installed? [no]

> Nope.  no maintainer. dropped.

Does talk.old work with 5.5T? [no - epeisach and I checked]

> But it does with work standard 4.2 - Ken

Does Xresources accept {0,1} arguements? [yes]

> Confirmed by Dan

Can we include the line "setenv RSUSERHOME ~/rsuserhome" in dot files? [yes]

> Done for the /srvd release

Will /usr/ibm be in the default path? [no]

> Confirmed by Dan

Will any man pages mention psgrind, either by itself or with vgrind? [no] Is
there only one of it? [yes]

> Sources are already frozen - Ken, Dan - ask billb

What is /usr/bin/X/gnuplot doing there? [mistake]

> Dan will look into it, /usr/bin/X after standard path.

POSTPS

Are italicized dots ("talk.old") really that illegible? [no]

> At least, that is less confusing than any of the fixes would be.

What is the status of viewdoc? (button-release, multiplicity)

> Check with Ackerman, supposedly stable.


SUMMARY

Do we want to tell users how to force access_on? [NO!]

> Talked with Dan and watchmakers.  Won't tell people anything they
> don't know.  Implied as only possible on public machines.

Is it worth the trouble to move the Contents to the front? [yes]

> Should use standard Doc type.  Done.

Is this only for the user worlds, or do we want to include things even
if they only interest systems types? [user only]

> Include anything non-staff might be interested, as agreed before.

Seperate sections for new users/developers? [yes]

> No, but try to clarify what is what, as lack of time.

Should Appendix A be a separate document? [yes]

> Placed in X directory

How should we document Xdef2res/Xresources? 

> In X directory, plus mention in X section