Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!george!rck From: rck@george.CES.CWRU.Edu (Robert Knauerhase) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: comp.sources.apple2 Keywords: new newsgroup for Apple // sources Message-ID: <1990Jul6.175711.26223@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Date: 6 Jul 90 17:57:11 GMT References: Sender: news@usenet.ins.cwru.edu Distribution: na Organization: Case Western Reserve University Lines: 43 In article jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) writes: >The current setup of comp.sys.apple2 and comp.binaries.apple2 leaves >no place for distribution of sources, hindering the distribution of >source code. For instance, I have a number of programs that would >be of benefit to Apple // users. [snip, snip] >Thus, I would like to propose a new group: > comp.sources.apple2 >to be used for the purpose of distributing Apple // related sources. >This group would contain both sources and discussion of sources and >will be moderated. I volunteer the time and the disk space has been >ok'ed. I would first like to echo the comments of someone who's message I've scrolled past: that a comp.sources.apple2 group would certainly aid in the distribution of Apple II sources (hence the name, right? :) and that this is a Good Thing and should be enacted immediately. I would vote yes and encourage others to do so as well. My only reservation would be that if we go through with a vote, we would want a good chance of the vote's passing. Recent history has shown that apple-related groups can indeed fail the 100-yes-votes criterion, which both vetoes the group and casts a bad light on the Apple II UseNET community. Additionally, does anyone know what overhead there is in adding a group? As in, does the existance of comp.sources.apple2 with sporadic postings really add much over just posting them to comp.binaries.apple2? I, for one, would like the separation. Ideally, the existance of a sources group would spark a greater level of source postings (the Good Thing from above :). If support isn't there, has anyone considered a maillist or mail exploder that people could subscribe to? Rob +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Robert C. Knauerhase [new alumnus] | | rck@ces.cwru.edu,knauer@cwru.bitnet | Case Western Reserve University | | knauer@earth.lerc.nasa.gov | NASA Lewis Research Center | +---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | "Computers are different from telephones. Computers do not ring." | | -- A. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks", p. 32 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+