mer6g@virginia.edu (Marc Rouleau) (12/13/89)
If you want to subscribe to the new Perl-Users digest, which will contain exactly the same stuff as the newsgroup comp.lang.perl, you need to let me know even if you are currently subscribed to the Perl-Users list. -- Marc Rouleau (Perl-Users coordinator)
ben@nsf1.mth.msu.edu (Ben Lotto) (12/13/89)
>>>>> On 12 Dec 89 17:05:45 GMT, mer6g@virginia.edu (Marc Rouleau) said:
Marc> If you want to subscribe to the new Perl-Users digest, which will
Marc> contain exactly the same stuff as the newsgroup comp.lang.perl,
Marc> you need to let me know even if you are currently subscribed to
Marc> the Perl-Users list.
Is the Perl-Users list different from the stuff that will appear in
comp.lang.perl? If so, How do I subscribe?
--
-B. A. Lotto (ben@nsf1.mth.msu.edu)
Department of Mathematics/Michigan State University/East Lansing, MI 48824jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (John G Dobnick) (12/13/89)
| From: Marc Rouleau <mer6g@virginia.edu> | Subject: IMPORTANT: You've Been Unsubscribed From Perl-Users | | If you want to subscribe to the new Perl-Users digest, which will | contain exactly the same stuff as the newsgroup comp.lang.perl, you | need to let me know even if you are currently subscribed to the | Perl-Users list. | I would suggest you *not* automatically unsubscribe the old list -- at least not until _after_ the newsgroup (comp.lang.perl, isn't it?) has been in operation for a while. The overlap will allow time for the "newgroup" news control messages to a) propogate, and b) be acted upon by sites that choose to _manually_ create new newsgroups. [Propogation can sometimes take upwards of a week. I have no estimate on manual newsgroup creation time, since this depends on human intervention. :-)] I think the _overlap_ I propose will yield a much smoother transfer. Thank you, -- John G Dobnick Computing Services Division @ University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee INTERNET: jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu UUCP: uunet!uwm!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!jgd "Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight." -- William Safire
mer6g@uvaarpa.virginia.edu (Marc Rouleau) (12/13/89)
In article <1787@uvaarpa.virginia.edu> jgd@csd4.csd.uwm.edu writes: >I would suggest you *not* automatically unsubscribe the old list -- at least >not until _after_ the newsgroup (comp.lang.perl, isn't it?) has been in >operation for a while. The overlap will allow time for the "newgroup" news >control messages to a) propogate, and b) be acted upon by sites that choose >to _manually_ create new newsgroups. Your plan is better I think. Next Tuesday I will delete everyone who has not specifically requested to be left on. Until then I will not service unsubscription requests, and you'll be deleted automatically at that time, so please don't ask me to take you off the list now or then. I will keep track of all subscription requests. Those requesting to be on the list between this morning (12/12) and next week will be the only recipients of the Perl-Users Digest as of next Tuesday morning. In answer to another question, the Perl-Users list has been transformed from a simple reflector address to a digestified list with a bidirectional gateway with comp.lang.perl. The contents of the digests will be exactly the same as the contents of comp.lang.perl. I am aware of no other Perl- related discussion lists. Sorry for the false step, -- Marc Rouleau (coordinator of Perl-Users)