Re: net.sources/comp.sources.d -- WHAT'S THE DEAL???

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From: vedm
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1987 03:06

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> This isn't funny. For the *second* time, net.sources just got
> rmgroup'ed here. *WHY*??? It was rm'ed a while ago, then revived.
> Since then, a LOT of traffic has come through it - 10 or more articles
> a day. Then, today when I run rn, it says net.sources is a bogus
> newsgroup. THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!! comp.sources.unix was never born,
> and as we all know, mod.sources is less than active. So, what are
> we gonna do???
> 
> Personally, I would like to see comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.games
> created. net.sources/net.sources.games/net.sources.bugs are (were?)
> the ONLY net.* groups in my .newsrc... The switchover will not be
> complete until we get rid of them. SO WHY WAIT???
> 
> Cheers. --Erik

I agree that net.sources should be REPLACED not continually newgroup'd
and rmgroup'd.

What exactly is the holdup?
Why has this group been omitted from the reorg?

Tom.
...!{decvax | ucbvax}!ihnp4!hoqax!twb

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