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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt; Subject: RFD: remove comp.sources.misc Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.sources.misc, comp.sources.d Followup-…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> Subject: RFD: remove comp.sources.misc<br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.sources.misc,<br /> comp.sources.d<br /> Followup-To: news.groups<br /> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:51:54 -0700<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> remove comp.sources.misc<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated<br /> newsgroup comp.sources.misc.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: Remove comp.sources.misc<br /> <br /> The last approved message was in April 1995.<br /> <br /> There are other more suitable means of distributing program sources, so<br /> this comp.sources.misc is not a suitable candidate for conversion to an<br /> unmoderated newsgroup.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY:<br /> <br /> The newsgroup comp.sources.misc was created in April 1987 to replace the<br /> unmoderated newsgroup net.sources. The charter (from the monthly<br /> informational posting) was:<br /> <br /> This newsgroup is not for large programs which belong in other sources<br /> groups; it is for sources which do not fit elsewhere (for example,<br /> MS-DOS and VMS non-game sources) and for the small stuff -- for<br /> example, your favorite shell script to set your prompt or etc. -- the<br /> little stuff that just doesn&#039;t warrant submission to comp.sources.unix<br /> (formerly mod.sources), where it&#039;d look a bit silly next to the latest<br /> version of Xterm....<br /> <br /> As a result, there will be no archiving of most sources, and the group<br /> will be run in an informal fashion. In general, *anything* will be<br /> accepted, but --<br /> <br /> (1) Sources that belong elsewhere will be submitted to another newsgroup.<br /> This will primarily be done with large programs, which will be<br /> forwarded to comp.sources.unix. The determinant for this is whether <br /> it has more than one source file or not.<br /> <br /> (2) Discussion will be routed to comp.sources.d rather than cluttering<br /> this newsgroup.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROCEDURE:<br /> <br /> The full (draft) group removal procedure is documented here:<br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup<br /> <br /> Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should<br /> subscribe to news.groups and participate in the relevant threads in that<br /> newsgroup.<br /> <br /> To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to news.groups.<br /> <br /> All discussion of active proposals should be posted to news.groups.<br /> <br /> If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion<br /> may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure that<br /> all discussion appears in news.groups as well.<br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups<br /> comp.sources.misc<br /> comp.sources.d<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2006-06-26 Slightly reformatted and posted to NAN<br /> 2006-06-16 Original RFD.<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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