From:	volker AT sfb256 DOT iam DOT uni-bonn DOT de ( Volker A. Brandt )
Subject:	Too many groups? (was: start a news group!)
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:	Mon, 28 Feb 1994 11:41:00 +0100 (MET)

Hello all,

Stephen Turnbull <turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp> says:

> My two cents on naming:
> 
> >   gnu.gcc.djgpp.announce
> >   gnu.gcc.djgpp.bugs
> >   gnu.gcc.djgpp.help
> >   gnu.gcc.djgpp.help.new-user
> >   gnu.gcc.djgpp.misc

> [...] is best because (a) MS-DOS is not
> an FSF project, whereas DJGPP arguably is; (b) we've been trying for a
> while (with fair success) to get people with C/C++/Objective-C
> questions to post to C lists, this should encourage the process by the
> proximity of the gnu.gcc groups; (c) this is semantically accurate.

I agree!

Now the only remaining question is:  who's gonna do it?
I wish him/her good luck :-)  Please be sure that the people on the list are
told where/when to send their vote.  A common misconception is that only 
users with news access are allowed to vote for/against newsgroups. In fact,
anyone is entitled to do so, especially since mailing list subscribers are 
possibly affected by the outcome.

-- Volker


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