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Subject: Re: net.sources -> ?
Message-ID: <639@hao.UCAR.EDU>
Date: Wed, 6-May-87 18:34:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  6 18:34:58 1987
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Reply-To: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
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In article <237@sandia.UUCP> marms@sandia.UUCP (Mike Arms) writes:
>So what do we get with this moderated misc sources group? One positive
>aspect is that we only get code and maybe some bug fixes. We don't get
>those stupid "request for Part n of m that didn't get to my part of the net"

  This is, as far as I know, the ONLY reason. Seems like a pretty good one
to me. This way the SOURCES group contains SOURCES, not discussion. We (the
entire net) have pleaded over and over again for people to refrain from
posting non-sources to the source group, to no avail. Moderation is the
only answer to this problem.

>On the other hand, we get none of the other usual benefits of moderation
>while accepting the normal delays involved in going thru a moderator.

  If you want those "other benefits", you can use Rich Salz's group,
comp.sources.unix. This group is NOT intended to replace that one. Since
the moderator is NOT going to spend a lot of time making sure that the sources
work, the "delays" in comp.sources should be minimal.

--Greg
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