[Coco] organize maltedmedia

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

My thinking is that maltedmedia should remain as is.

A new site that contained both maltedmedia and RTSI and files from else 
where should be built from scratch.

Simply moving files around might appear to be the solution but does not get 
us back to the days of Delphi and CIS where there were short one line 
descriptions and longer ones containing file descriptions.

Any system that relies on filenames only does not really improve the mess we 
are in IMHO.

I have short and long descriptions for many (most?) of the Delphi files, I 
have somewhere an archive of CIS files with short and long descriptions, 
CoCo3.com has Princeton files with descriptions and there are other 
collections with descriptions that I forget where exactly.

Starting with the Delphi and CIS that have descriptions (Web pages with 
links) is the best starting point.

Many files will have to be looked in to discover what they really are.

It's a huge job, with the number ~ 400 do we have enough persons who will 
step up.

One point of interest perhaps, generating CRC32's for files allows 
duplicates to be found quickly, files that are exactly the same but with 
different names can also be found quickly.

SHF



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" <dennis-ix at maltedmedia.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] organize maltedmedia


> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for the kind words on the list. We're closing in on 400 members 
> very slowly. I've worked to keep the list clear of potential bots (as some 
> of you who tried to subscribe already know).
>
> I would certainly appreciate organizing help for the FTP site. I don't do 
> anything but move new files into the 'newly received' directory. Several 
> folks have made great starts with this, but the amount of material is 
> truly huge.
>
> Before saying "I'll do it" you should know that I'm pretty assertive about 
> keeping the original organization in place while changes are being made, 
> never removing apparent duplicates (such as different resolution scans), 
> etc... in other words, keeping the archive safe and accessible at all 
> stages.
>
> Tony, if you're up for it, let me know off-list.
>
> Dennis
>