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From: itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Net.sources.d and mods to software.
Message-ID: <295@luke.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 15:14:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: luke.295
Posted: Sat Aug  3 15:14:58 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 5-Aug-85 07:35:37 EDT
References: <366@timeinc.UUCP>
Reply-To: itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Organization: Benetics Corp, Mt.View, CA
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Summary: 

In article <366@timeinc.UUCP> greenber@timeinc.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
>The votes are in:  15 yes, 1 no regarding the following:
>>I suggest the creation of a net.sources.d. 
>I suggest
>an additional question in the news software when posting to net.sources:
>
>Is this source code? [n]
>
>If the answer is 'no' then pop it over to net.sources.d
>
>Okay...I did the easy part (taking the vote)...could one
>of the net.gods create the group?  And what about the
>updates to the programs?

      Before any action is taken  on  this  prayer,  could  we  have  some
      discussion  of net.sources vs. mod.sources?  I have submitted to and
      extracted from mod.sources recently.  Not  only  does  this  provide
      some  coordination  and  consistency,  but  the moderator (thank you
      John) maintains a listing/index of all programs/articles  submitted.
      He also provides a facility for catching up on things you've missed.
      I think that's a pretty significant service.

      Isn't it  time  for  the  demise  of  net.sources  rather  than  its
      expansion?

      Discussion I've read about other groups (most notably from Gene  and
      Chuq  and  Mark)  implies that when a moderated newsgroup is created
      and actually serves the purpose for which  it  was  created,  it  is
      probably time to rmgroup the unmoderated group.

      I'm in favor of separating  the  discussion  and  patches  from  the
      sources,  but  John  does  this admirably in mod.sources.  Let's not
      expand where consolidation should be the order of the day.
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