[gnu.g++.help] where to discussi possible new features

tower@AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) (10/11/90)

   Date: 10 Oct 90 21:42:41 GMT
   From: hagerman@o.gp.cs.cmu.edu  (John Hagerman)
   Organization: Carnegie Mellon University

   P.S.  So is this now the correct group in which to advance for
   discussion suggested improvements to G++?  If a consensus is
   reached, how should the suggestion be forwarded to the developer?
   --
   hagerman@ece.cmu.edu

If you have a simple suggestion for an improvement, just send it to
bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu (aka newsgroup gnu.g++.bug).  It will help if
you also include working code.  Code proves your idea out and will
increase the chance that your idea will be adopted sooner.

Be careful about free-ranging discussions.  If the volume on this list
gets too high, people (too often the most qualified to help) will stop
reading it.

If you feel an idea will need a lot of discussion, it would be best to
ask people to e-mail you their thoughts, and conduct the discussion
via e-mail outside this list.  In effect, setting up a short-term
temporary mailing list.  When the group has come to a consensus, send
a report into bug-g++.  If the idea changes enough to need input
from more people, you can post a summary of what's happened, and ask
if anyone else wants to join in via e-mail outside this list.

thanx -len
(aka help-g++-request@prep.ai.mit.edu)