Xref: utzoo news.groups:17306 news.admin:8213 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.morningstar.com!bob From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Re: New hierarchy Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 90 06:23:31 GMT References: <9JH1AC9xds8@ficc.uu.net> Sender: news@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Organization: Morning Star Technologies Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: jeffd@ficc.uu.net's message of 2 Feb 90 13:35:48 GMT In article <9JH1AC9xds8@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes: Now: what are the rules/guidelines for newhierarchying? There is no rule, only technique and politeness. Add ",xyz," to your own sys line. Offer to exchange it with your neighbors. If they want it, add ",xyz," to their lines in your sys file. If they say they don't want it, don't change their sys lines because to do so would be impolite. If they want, they can offer to exchange ",xyz," with their neighbors. Before long, you've got a movement. ",gnu," began to spread by just such quiet methods between consenting adults a couple of years ago, and now has well-connected propagation of 80-90%. There are other similar success stories.