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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt; Subject: RFD: remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce,…&#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.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce <br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups,<br /> comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce, comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,<br /> comp.unix.bsd.misc<br /> Followup-To: news.groups<br /> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:03:03 -0700<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the <br /> newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce.<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: remove comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce<br /> <br /> The group was created in February 1995. It has never had any approved<br /> messages by its moderator. See History for details.<br /> <br /> Note: This proposal would have NO effect on the moderated announcement<br /> groups:<br /> <br /> comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.announce<br /> comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce<br /> comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce<br /> comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce<br /> <br /> All are inactive at present. If you are interested in revitalizing<br /> any of these groups, you should contact the Big 8 Management Board.<br /> <br /> <br /> HISTORY: <br /> <br /> The newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce was created in February<br /> 1995 as part of the re-organization of the comp.unix.bsd.* hierarchy.<br /> Prior to that, discussion of 386BSD operating system had taken place<br /> in the comp.os.386bsd.* hierarchy. In addition, the hierarchy had<br /> become the de facto place for discussing other BSD Unix variants<br /> including FreeBSD, NetBSD, and BSD/OS by BSDI.<br /> <br /> By the time of the re-organization, active development of 386BSD had<br /> stopped, and some of the other Unix BSD variants were being targetted<br /> to non-Intel-x86 based platforms. The name of the hierarchy had<br /> become misleading.<br /> <br /> The re-organization created the comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.*,<br /> comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.*, and comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.* branches (an<br /> .announce and .misc discussion group in each branch). The<br /> comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.* branch was added in 1997.<br /> <br /> In addition, comp.os.386bsd.announce was renamed to<br /> comp.unix.386bsd.announce. However, its moderator switched to become<br /> moderator of comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce (the<br /> comp.os.386bsd.announce group had been used for NetBSD announcements).<br /> Similarly, the five unmoderated comp.os.386bsd.* discussion groups<br /> were collectively renamed and merged into a single<br /> comp.unix.386bsd.misc unmoderated discussion group. The primary<br /> purpose of these renamings was to eliminate potential orphaned groups,<br /> as much as creating a place for announcements and discussion about<br /> 386BSD, while at the same time creating better named groups that were<br /> focused on the BSD Unix variants under active development.<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 /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups<br /> comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce<br /> comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc<br /> comp.unix.bsd.misc<br /> <br /> The proponent will also post pointers to:<br /> <br /> comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc<br /> comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc<br /> comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc<br /> comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT: <br /> <br /> Jim Riley &lt;jimrtex@pipeline.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY: <br /> <br /> 2006-09-15 1st RFD<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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