Gateway for INSOFT-L under discussion

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3 total messages Started by Bowyer Jeff Thu, 13 May 1993 06:56

#1455

Author: Bowyer Jeff
Date: Thu, 13 May 1993 06:56

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In response to the requests of several subscribers to the INSOFT-L
Internationalization of Software mailing list, I (INSOFT-L List Manager)
propose to establish a bi-directional gateway to network news for this
list.


INSOFT-L on LISTSERV@CIS.VUTBR.CS   Internationalization of Software
                                    Discussion List

   Internationalization of software relates to two subjects:

        1. Software that is written so a user can easily change the
           language of the interface;

        2. Versions of software, such as Czech WordPerfect, whose
           interface language differs from the original product.


In addition, when I informed the entire list (over 360 subscribers) about
my intentions, many subscribers indicated that they do not want the name
of the newsgroup to be bit.listserv.insoft-l.  Instead, they would prefer

	comp.software.international


Thank you for your comments on this proposal.

Jeff
INSOFT-L List Manager

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Please send your response via email.  Thanks.

 Jeff Bowyer                         EMail: jbowyer@cis.vutbr.cs
 Computing Center
 Technical University of Brno
 Czech Republic

Re: Gateway for INSOFT-L under discussion

#1456

Author: Jim McIntosh
Date: Thu, 13 May 1993 16:14

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In <1993May13.065606.21699@cis.vutbr.cs> jbowyer@cis.vutbr.cs (Bowyer Jeff) writes:
>In addition, when I informed the entire list (over 360 subscribers) about
>my intentions, many subscribers indicated that they do not want the name
>of the newsgroup to be bit.listserv.insoft-l.  Instead, they would prefer
>
>	comp.software.international

There is a simple trade-off when creating newsgroups to mirror a mailing
list.  Groups in the bit.** hierarchy can be created immediately, but
reach less sites (although, by this time, they reach most major sites).
Groups in the "traditional" hierarchies (such as comp.**) reach almost
all Usenet sites, but the process to create groups in these hierarchies
is a long and complex one.

The full procedure is posted in the news.** newsgroups, but the basic
process is posting a Request For Discussion (RFD) during which your new
group is discussed by the general Usenet community.  After the
discussion period (of a month or so), if the discussion was hopeful, you
post a Call for Votes (CFV).  During the voting period (of a month or
so) you accept all votes (posting periodic lists of people who have
voted so people can see you are not faking the vote).  When the voting
period is complete you must have significantly more "yes" votes than
"no" votes.

So, if you wish to gateway your list to a new comp.software.international
you will have to proceed first with getting that newsgroup established.
Then, if your vote is sucessful, come back here in July or August to see
about getting the gateway set up. On the other hand, if you are willing
to settle for bit.listserv.insoft-l (or, if Una Smith's excellent
proposal is accepted, bit.software.international) then we can set up
the newsgroup and gateway fairly quickly. The choice is yours.

Jim McIntosh (jim@american.edu)
The American University
Washington, DC USA 20016-8019

Re: Gateway for INSOFT-L under discussion

#1457

Author: Richard H. Miller
Date: Thu, 13 May 1993 17:51

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In article <1sts4oINNmrg@au-ns.american.edu>, Jim McIntosh <jim@american.edu> writes:
> In <1993May13.065606.21699@cis.vutbr.cs> jbowyer@cis.vutbr.cs (Bowyer Jeff) writes:
> >In addition, when I informed the entire list (over 360 subscribers) about
> >my intentions, many subscribers indicated that they do not want the name
> >of the newsgroup to be bit.listserv.insoft-l.  Instead, they would prefer
> >
> >	comp.software.international
> 
[discussion of USENET procedures deleted]

Also, there already exists a news group call comp.std.internat which is also
about internationalization. You might want to see if the readers of this group
have any object and if not, the gateway could be set there. 



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