Kit Baum
>
> >
> > As Jens' -labjl- has a completely different name,
> > I can't see that the introduction of -numlabel-
> > poses any serious risk of confusion.
> >
> > As another author of user-written software, I intend
> > to let my programs written for Stata 7 and earlier
> > versions remain in archives, principally SSC, even when
> > they are superseded by what is in Stata 8. This does no harm;
> > it requires minimal resources; and it is potentially still
> > of some use to people using earlier versions. That
> > is, or should be, one of the functions of a software
> > archive.
> >
> > I urge Jens to reconsider his decision.
>
> I concur with Jens' decision, since w.r.t. labjl the issue
> is that as
> findit shows, it is available from the STB. Now if he ever
> updates labjl,
> he will want to put the newer version on ssc...But there is
> no real need to
> mirror what is in the STB archives in SSC.
>
Clearly Jens must make the decision.
The only other things I want to say are that
1. in Jens' previous posting overlap with the STB
did not appear to be the issue which he had in mind.
2. I made general comments about the
implications of Stata 8 for user-written
programs which I stand by.
Nick
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