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From: merlin@hqda-ai.UUCP (David S. Hayes)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: net.sources -> ?
Message-ID: <369@hqda-ai.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 17-May-87 20:43:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: hqda-ai.369
Posted: Sun May 17 20:43:39 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 18-May-87 03:43:54 EDT
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Summary: Testing?  I thought this was just a filtered group.

In article <2500@ncoast.UUCP>, allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes:
> I *can* and *will* test Un*x sources.

     {stuff deleted}

> Note that these kinds of things WILL be accepted and WILL be tested.  Again,
> the "no testing" was directed at MS-DOS and VMS sources.

     I was under the impression that the purpose of moderating
what used to be an unmoderated group was to filter out the
non-source postings.  Now, we're being told that comp.sources.misc
postings will be tested, whenever Brandon has machines that can do
it.

     We have a group, and a moderator, where this is done.  We
call them (I think, I'm losing track) "comp.sources.unix" and
"Rich Salz", and sometimes some other names.  We should not
duplicate this.  I wasn't happy about seeing a moderator coming to
net.sources, but I was willing to go along since it wouldn't
really add much delay, or take out any of the quick-and-dirty
stuff.  Now, we're told that postings of Unix sources will be
delayed, and subjected to testing.

[FLAME ON]

     If I wanted that, I would have posted to comp.sources.unix to
start with!  One of these groups deserves an 'rmgroup' control
message.  Now, which one shall I hit?

[FLAME OFF.  Boy, that felt good.  Don't take it too seriously.]

     This is a needless duplication of effort.  Let's just stick
with the filter-non-source-postings business.  That was much less
controversial than this is going to be.  How 'bout it, Brandon?
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