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From: kjones@talos.pm.com (Kyle Jones)
Newsgroups: gnu.config
Subject: Re: The purpose of info-gcc.
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Date: 28 Feb 90 17:48:21 GMT
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In gnu.gcc Richard Stallman writes:
 > There seems to be some confusion still about what info-gcc should be
 > used for.  So I will restate the purpose.
 > 
 > The purpose of this mailing list (info-gcc, aka the newsgroup gnu.gcc)
 > is to post announcements from the Free Software Foundation to the
 > users of GCC.  This includes both technical announcements such as new
 > versions, and political announcements, such as our support for the
 > League for Programming Freedom.
 > 
 > By contrast, gnu.misc.discuss has been created for discussions.

If this is the charter for gnu.gcc, then I don't see any point in
the newsgroup being unmoderated.

Are there any other GNU groups similar to gnu.gcc that we should know about?