From j.l.schonfelder@liverpool.ac.uk Wed Nov 24 20:58:05 1999 Received: from mailhub2.liv.ac.uk (mailhub2.liv.ac.uk [138.253.100.95]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id UAA68030 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 20:58:05 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from j.l.schonfelder@liverpool.ac.uk) Received: from pcmail1.liv.ac.uk ([138.253.252.13]) by mailhub2.liv.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 11qiZe-0000Zl-00; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 19:59:30 +0000 Received: from [138.253.134.53] (helo=liv-dialup.liv) by pcmail1.liv.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 1.92 #1) id 11qiZd-0007Ws-00; Wed, 24 Nov 1999 19:59:29 +0000 From: Lawrie Schonfelder Reply-To: j.l.schonfelder@liverpool.ac.uk To: John Reid Cc: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk Subject: Re: (SC22WG5.1666) Structure of the WG5 archive In-Reply-To: <199911241610.RAA67568@dkuug.dk> Message-ID: Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 20:01:05 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) Priority: NORMAL X-Mailer: Simeon for Win32 Version 4.1.5 Build (43) X-Authentication: IMSP MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII I for one would be much happier with pdf than postscript. It is smaller and can be more easily displayed as well as printed on a variety of platforms and printers. On Wed, 24 Nov 1999 16:11:03 GMT John Reid wrote: > Dear WG5, > Adding a new document to the ftp server has made me think about > its structure, and I am considering changes. > > For SD1, the Complete Document Register, I have mounted a text version > and I propose to discard the PostScript and PDF versions. > > I am considering mounting no more PostScript versions, relying instead > on PDF. > > I am considering moving the contents of each Acrobat, PostScript, or > Text directory into its host. This will make it easier to see which > versions of any particular document are available. > > Does anyone have any comments on such changes? > > Best wishes, > > John. > > -- Lawrie Schonfelder Director, Computing Services Dept. The University of Liverpool, UK, L69 7ZF Phone: 44(151)794 3716, Fax: 44(151)794 3759