bitbug@lonewolf.sun.com (James Buster) (03/01/90)
How about the creation of a new newsgroup, gnu.design.discuss?
The purpose of this newgroup would be to discuss design and
implementation strategies for the various portions of GNU.
A netwide think tank, if you will. Also, the designers of the GNU
utilities might post their ideas for public perusal.
This is more of a "way things should be" group, unlike (for instance)
gnu.gcc, which discusses the way things are. What do the readers of
this group think?
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---------------------------------------------------------------------skyhawk@milton.acs.washington.edu (Scott Northrop) (03/01/90)
In article <35328@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> bitbug@lonewolf.sun.com (James Buster) writes: >How about the creation of a new newsgroup, gnu.design.discuss? I fail to see why gnu.misc.discuss is not adequate for design discussions. It's there, why not use it? -- Scott Northrop scott@fred.cs.washington.edu, skyhawk@maven.u.washington.edu
bitbug@lonewolf.sun.com (James Buster) (03/01/90)
In article <2201@milton.acs.washington.edu> skyhawk@milton.acs.washington.edu (Scott Northrop) writes: >In article <35328@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> bitbug@lonewolf.sun.com (James Buster) writes: >>How about the creation of a new newsgroup, gnu.design.discuss? > >I fail to see why gnu.misc.discuss is not adequate for design >discussions. It's there, why not use it? Because gnu.misc.discuss seems primarily for political discussions. I want a newsgroup exclusively for software design issues. Politics has its place, and it isn't there. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- James Buster (Domain) bitbug@lonewolf.ebay.sun.com Mad Hacker Extraordinaire (UUCP) ...!sun.com!lonewolf!bitbug ---------------------------------------------------------------------
tower@AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) (03/02/90)
Date: 1 Mar 90 08:21:13 GMT From: wuarchive!texbell!texsun!newstop!grapevine!bitbug@zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu (James Buster) Organization: Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. In article <2201@milton.acs.washington.edu> skyhawk@milton.acs.washington.edu (Scott Northrop) writes: >In article <35328@grapevine.EBay.Sun.COM> bitbug@lonewolf.sun.com (James Buster) writes: >>How about the creation of a new newsgroup, gnu.design.discuss? > >I fail to see why gnu.misc.discuss is not adequate for design >discussions. It's there, why not use it? Because gnu.misc.discuss seems primarily for political discussions. I want a newsgroup exclusively for software design issues. Politics has its place, and it isn't there. gnu.misc.discuss is an appropriate forum for technical discussions. It be very nice if they drown out the flaming, which is what the large part of the political discussions here have been. If technical discussions get to have a significant volume here for a significant amount of time, we'll (the gnUSENET newsgroups and GNU Project mailing list coordinatoors), will consider adding a new group for them. thanx -len