[VAX000]SUBMIT.TXT SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE SUBMISSION OF SOFTWARE FOR THE VAX SYSTEMS SIG TAPE These suggestions are not to be considered as requirements for the acceptance of software for the tape. They are intended to help make the structure of the submissions somewhat more consitent. 1. If your submission is large or naturally fits into several directories submit it as a directory tree using the BACKUP command. 3. There should be one AAAREADME.TXT with each submission. The following information should be included for each program or group of programs: a. A brief description of the program or group of related programs. b. The names of previous submissions which this submission replaces. c. The name of the person primarily responsible for putting the submission together. If you use RUNOFF to generate this file don't hide the source under another name, use AAAREADME.RNO. TEMPLATE.RNO contains the primary runoff commands needed to generate this type of file. 4. There should be sufficient documentation for each program or group of programs. The file containing or pointing to this documentation should have a .DOC extension. If your documentation is somewhere else, say, as comments in the program, a .DOC file is still useful to tell people where to find the it. This is good place to put the name of the author, whether or not he is interested in bug/improvement reports, and, if he is willing to take telephone inquiries, his phone number. 5. If the above paragraphs are complied with then the command PRINT/HEADER [...]AAAREADME.TXT will give a very nice summary of the tape and DIR [...]*.DOC will give the user a start toward finding the documentation. 6. Making the tape for submission. a. If you are submitting a single directory use either COPY or BACKUP, for multiple directories use BACKUP. If you must use FLX or some other format, please CLEARLY indicate the format on the tape label and, if possible, the commands necessary to copy the tape on a VAX. b. Use a density of 1600 bpi and be aware that 1600 is not always the default in spite of what the DCL User's Guide says. c. Take or send the tape to the next symposia or send it, with a signed release form to: Dave Leonard Advanced Data Management 15-17 Main Street Kingston, NJ 08528 (609)-799-4600 or Joe Bingham ManTech International 2320 Mill Road Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 838-5600