PJS@GROUCH.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter Scott) (12/20/89)
I'd like to float a suggestion for creation of a mailing list to redistribute queries of the form "I need an X server/software for platform Y", which have frequently formed a major component of the comp.windows.x postings/XPERT mailings. It could be gatewayed to a newsgroup if anyone feels strongly that it should; I don't. Of course, the peril is that people who could answer the queries wouldn't be subscribed to the list since they had already answered their own questions; this could be handled by making the list a general forum for discussion about porting X to different platforms, an issue which generates considerable discussion in these bytes and which seems worthy of separate coverage. This suggests the title XPORT for the list :-) Peter Scott (pjs@grouch.jpl.nasa.gov)