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From: wjb@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
Subject: Re: Is posting srcs/bins OK here?
Keywords: V7 sources
Message-ID: <24.Apr.91.000808.52@cogsci.cog.jhu.edu>
Date: 24 Apr 91 04:08:08 GMT
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In article <694@tivoli.UUCP> lark@tivoli.com (Lar Kaufman) writes:
> [included stuff from my and others previous posts about a seperate
> source group]
> [Lar's suggestion that a v7ish source group be created]

	With Minix starting to move towards POSIX, I'm not sure that
a combined group would work out, but I wouldn't be against it.

>Failing that, I encourage anyone who has Good Stuff for Coherent to go ahead
>and put the sources in comp.os.coherent (assuming it is already tested for
>Coherent).  This is in the tradition of Usenet.  New groups are generally
>formed on the basis of either need or compelling interest.  Neither of those
>have yet been demonstrated for comp.os.coherent.sources or
>comp.unix.sources.coherent or whatever you would call it.

	First an admission.  I have never seen Coherent and probably never
will.  I'm interested in a system for which I can obtain full source code.
I do read comp.os.coherent and did so when the digest was being sent to
comp.os.misc.  I voted for comp.os.coherent since I thought it was a good
idea.

	I never said that sources shouldn't be posted to comp.os.coherent or
to comp.os.minix for that matter.  I said that I thought that a seperate
sources group would be helpful.  As to compelling interest, that is usually
determined by discussion and a vote.  That seems to be what is taking place
right now.  Certainly some traffic has already started and I others are
asking permission to continue.  If no one else is in favor then the
discussion will die.

				Bill Bogstad

P.S.  I will not respond publically on this further nor vote on the matter.
As a non-user of Coherent, I don't think my wishes should matter.  I also
rarely vote on rec.* and soc.* newsgroups.