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Article #75859Re: The purpose of info-gcc.
From: Russ Tuck
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 21:27
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 1990 21:27
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info-gcc is gateway'd to the wrong news group, causing frustration for
everyone. info-gcc is well named for its purpose of FSF announcements
pertaining to gcc. Likewise, gnu.gcc is well named for the way it's
mostly used (to the chagrin of rms), which is for discussions about gcc.
But no USENET reader will guess from the name gnu.gcc that this is a
read-only news group for FSF announcements. That's why many people
don't treat it that way, and why periodic pronouncements and scoldings
haven't changed this fact. (New readers come and go, so there will always
be people who make the logical assumption from the group's name, and
haven't been scolded yet.)
If FSF wants a newsgroup just for announcements about gcc, and wants it
gateway'd to info-gcc, then name it gnu.announce.gcc. That way, everyone
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will know what it's for and there won't be a problem.
After all, if you gateway'd info-gcc to gnu.jokes.stupid, wouldn't you
expect junk mail?
Russ Tuck tuck@cs.unc.edu
UNC Dept. of Computer Science ...!mcnc!unc!tuck
CB 3175, Sitterson Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175, USA (919) 962-1755 or 962-1700
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,e27ee60fea4cfeb0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-03-02 13:27:45 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!shelby!mcnc!thorin!jason!tuck From: tuck@jason.cs.unc.edu (Russ Tuck) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: The purpose of info-gcc. Message-ID: <12369@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Date: 2 Mar 90 21:27:45 GMT References: <BITBUG.90Mar1002113@lonewolf.sun.com> <9003012240.AA25266@pogo> Sender: news@thorin.cs.unc.edu Reply-To: tuck@jason.cs.unc.edu (Russ Tuck) Distribution: gnu Organization: University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 24 Posted: Fri Mar 2 22:27:45 1990