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Xref: sserve news.announce.newgroups:2637 news.groups:55179 comp.unix.bsd:8492 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!olivea!uunet!bounce-back From: cgd@xcf.berkeley.edu (Chris G. Demetriou) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.unix.bsd Subject: 2nd RFD: comp.os.386bsd.* Message-ID: <1fgbmlINNlks@news.UU.NET> Date: 1 Dec 92 18:42:29 GMT Sender: tale@news.UU.NET Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us Lines: 95 Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net NNTP-Posting-Host: news.uu.net This is a revised RFD (Request for Discussion) for the comp.os.386bsd groups proposed in article <1erns3INNcs0@news.UU.NET>. The original proposal called for the following groups: comp.os.386bsd.announce (moderated) comp.os.386bsd.bugs comp.os.386bsd.devel comp.os.386bsd.misc After discussion in news.groups, several things have been concluded: First, ".devel" is inappropriate, and should be ".development". Second, there is no place to discuss 386bsd applications programs, and there's no place for general questsions. Therefore, this RFD proposes the following groups: comp.os.386bsd.announce (moderated) comp.os.386bsd.bugs comp.os.386bsd.development comp.os.386bsd.apps comp.os.386bsd.questions comp.os.386bsd.misc All of them are intended to be devoted to the discussion of the 386bsd Operating System, a BSD Net-2 derivative. Discussion of this operating system is currently carried out on the newsgroup comp.unix.bsd, and this is problematic for two reasons: (1) comp.unix.bsd is flooded with postings about 386bsd, and questions about other operating systems are easily missed. (2) 386bsd is increasingly divergent from "standard" BSD. This divergence will only increase, because 386bsd is a research operating system, and such divergence is *encouraged*. 386bsd is an operating system in its own right, and deserves recognition and treatment as such. The proposed groups would have the following functions: comp.os.386bsd.announce (moderated): It would be a moderated newsgroup, for announcements relating to the 386bsd operating system. I (cgd@agate.berkeley.edu) would be the moderator. Things appropriate for the .announce group would include announcements of new versions of 386bsd, announcements of major software releases 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.os.386bsd.bugs: This would be a forum for the presentation and discussion of bugs, patches, and suggested fixes for 386bsd and software which runs under it. comp.os.386bsd.development: Discussion of development efforts related to 386bsd. 386bsd is a research operating system, and there is much effort being put into expanding its functionality "correctly." This group would contain that discussion. Additionally, developers of device drivers, etc. could use this group to keep other 386bsd developers informed of their work. comp.os.386bsd.apps: Discussion and questions about the applications which run under 386bsd would be posted here. Questions and comments about porting, as well as using, those applications would also be acceptable here. comp.os.386bsd.questions: General questions about 386bsd would be posted here. These could range from questions about installing the system, to general questions about 386bsd's inner workings, to questions about 386bsd system administration in general. Basically, all questions which don't fit in one of the other groups should be posted here. comp.os.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. If there appears to be a consensus on this proposal, I'll post a CFV as soon as would be appropriate.