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From: Kaleb Keithley <kaleb@x.org>
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Subject: RFD: comp.unix.bsd reorganization
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: 23 Nov 1994 15:10:48 -0500
Organization: x.org
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SUMMARY:
Create fourth levels in comp.unix.bsd: c.u.b.{386bsd,bsdi,freebsd,netbsd}
Create topic groups: comp.unix.bsd.*
After a transition period: delete comp.os.386bsd
NEW GROUPS:
The proposal is to create nine new groups. They are:
comp.unix.bsd.misc
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.announce
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce -- moderated by Jordan Hubbard
comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce -- moderated by Chris Demetriou
*.386bsd.announce and *.bsdi.announce groups need moderators. In the
event that no volunteers step forward during the RFD the announce
groups will be withdrawn from the RFD and CFV.
Jordan Hubbard -- jkh@freefall.cdrom.com
Chris Demetriou -- cgd@alpha.bostic.com or cgd@agate.berkeley.edu
RATIONALE:
There are now at least four independent variations of operating
systems derived from UC Berkeley's BSD Net2 and/or 4.4lite UNIX source
distributions. Currently discussion of these four fall into either
comp.unix.bsd or one of the comp.os.386bsd groups. c.o.386bsd.* was
originally intended for discussion about Bill and Lynn Jolitz'
particular derivative, known as 386BSD. Over the past two years two
splinter groups have spun off variations of 386BSD known as FreeBSD
and NetBSD; and BSDI, Inc. has a commercial offering known as BSD/OS,
formerly known as BSD/386.
Discussion specific to 386BSD has tapered off to near nil as the
original authors have apparently ceased to support it. Most traffic
in the existing comp.os.386bsd groups centers around either FreeBSD
or NetBSD and occasionally BSDI's BSD/OS.
It seems that the BSD user community might be better served by having
groups specifically related to the variation that they are using.
Despite their common ancestry, the differences between the goals and
feature sets are quite wide, and it is often confusing to differentiate
between them when discussion is all lumped into the same group.
Furthermore, NetBSD has, and FreeBSD will soon have, support for other
architectures, so grouping them in a hierarchy whose name suggests
that it is devoted to the Intel x86 family is definitely inappropriate.
While comp.os.386bsd currently has several groups in its hierarchy, the
current level of 386BSD specific traffic in them doesn't seem to warrant
replicating those groups under this proposal. Additional groups can be
added in the future as needs dictate.
CHARTERS:
comp.unix.bsd.misc:
This newsgroup is for discussion of any topic relating to any
two (or more) of the following derivatives of BSD UNIX: 386bsd,
FreeBSD, NetBSD, or BSD/OS; or for any other derivative of
BSD UNIX not covered by one of the above, e.g. 4.2, 4.3 Tahoe,
4.3 Reno, etc.
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce:
This newsgroup is for announcements relating to the 386bsd
operating system. Things appropriate for the .announce group
would include announcements of new versions of 386bsd,
announcements of major software releases (both commercial and
freely redistributable) for 386bsd (e.g. new version of X11
for 386bsd), announcements of fixes for major bugs, and the
like. FAQs relating to 386bsd should also be cross-posted to
this group.
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:
Discussion about 386bsd which does not fall into the area
of coverage of any of the other 386bsd groups. Things
posted here should not be crossposted to the other 386bsd
groups.
comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.announce:
This newsgroup is for announcements relating to the BSD/OS
operating system. Things appropriate for the .announce group
would include announcements of new versions of BSD/OS,
announcements of major software releases (both commercial
and freely redistributable) for BSD/OS (e.g. new version of
X11 for BSD/OS), announcements of fixes for major bugs, and
the like. FAQs relating to BSD/OS should also be cross-posted
to this group.
comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:
Discussion about BSD/OS which does not fall into the area
of coverage of any of the other bsdi groups. Things posted
here should not be crossposted to the other bsdi groups.
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce:
This newsgroup is for announcements relating to the FreeBSD
operating system. Things appropriate for the .announce group
would include announcements of new versions of FreeBSD,
announcements of major software releases (both commercial
and freely redistributable) for FreeBSD (e.g. new version of
X11 for FreeBSD), announcements of fixes for major bugs, and
the like. FAQs relating to FreeBSD should also be cross-posted
to this group.
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:
Discussion about FreeBSD which does not fall into the area
of coverage of any of the other freebsd groups. Things posted
here should not be crossposted to the other freebsd groups.
comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce:
This newsgroup is for announcements relating to the NetBSD
operating system. Things appropriate for the .announce group
would include announcements of new versions of NetBSD,
announcements of major software releases (both commercial and
freely redistributable) for NetBSD (e.g. new version of X11 for
NetBSD), announcements of fixes for major bugs, and the like.
FAQs relating to NetBSD should also be cross-posted to this group.
comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:
Discussion about NetBSD which does not fall into the area
of coverage of any of the other netbsd groups. Things posted
here should not be crossposted to the other netbsd groups.
LENGTH OF DISCUSSION AND CALL FOR VOTES:
The discussion period will last a minimum of 20 days. At the present
time I do not forsee issuing the Call For Votes until January 2nd,
1995.