craig@NNSC.NSF.NET (Craig Partridge) (08/04/87)
> Wrong. The namedroppers list is for the discussion of the design > and operation of the domain name system, not for the discussion > of what the names are or what names would be nice. Jon: I'm afraid you and I are working from different definitions. According to list-of-lists (23 Jun 87) , the namedroppers mailing list is to be used for "discussing the concepts, principles, design and implementation of the domain style *names*". (Italics mine). Now I understand that doesn't mean arguing about how to restructure the namespace (i.e., the debate about whether the choice of top-level domains was correct, which seems to be the particular bane of namedroppers) but I think the definition easily permits the discussion of questions about proper selection of names within the existing namespace. And NAMEDROPPERS is certainly more appropriate than TCP-IP. If you think that's the wrong definition of the list, then let's get it changed. Craig