Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!ccnysci!dan From: dan@ccnysci.UUCP (Dan Schlitt) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: DISCUSSION - modification of charter for news.announce.newgroups Message-ID: <2653@ccnysci.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 89 13:18:15 GMT References: <3960@ncar.ucar.edu> <1989Aug13.021012.216@utzoo.uucp> <3994@looking.on.ca> <1047@anise.acc.com> <4001@looking.on.ca> Reply-To: dan@ccnysci.UUCP (Dan Schlitt) Organization: City College Of New York Lines: 26 In article lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear) writes: >Oh come on. Do you really think I want my users trying to parse >diffs? Well yes I think I do. Diff is a very useful tool and IF the users were to look at the diffs they might find a tool that they would see other uses for. However, I don't expect the ordinary user to be looking at those articles which post the changes in the various lists. That is my job (or the job of someone that works for me). I look for new newsgroups that should be available here. That is why we get bionet groups. And I know how to parse diffs. It is my considered opinion after reading this discussion that the announcements should be limited to newsgroups in the regular hierarchy. The monthly lists are adequate for announcing changes in the other hierarchies if they are not already avialable. If you already get a feed of the other hierarchy then you should get a feed of the group which that hierarchy uses for administrative announcements. -- Dan Schlitt Manager, Science Division Computer Facility dan@sci.ccny.cuny.edu City College of New York dan@ccnysci.uucp New York, NY 10031 dan@ccnysci.bitnet (212)690-6868