Re: archiving old versions (was: Re: [ns] (Urgent!) ns-2.1b2 is needed!)

[John Heidemann <johnh@isi.edu>]

>I still think archiving old stuff is important
>especially when ns-2.1b2 is really not that old.  The
>other important reason is that some research papers
>claim they have done experiments in a certain old ns
>version.  When you compare your improved schemes with
>them, it is important to run them in the versions
>under which they were developed, to ensure 100%
>correctness in performance evaluation, and solidify
>your research claims.

I agree about ns-2.1b2... I was speaking more about old versions of
otcl that we didn't maintain.

A quick observation is that the ns-src-2.1b2.tar.gz contains the
correct set of code, so that's a good place to people doing "ns
archeology".

   -John Heidemann