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<p>Created page with &#039;&lt;pre&gt; From: The Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt; Subject: 2nd RFD: comp.lang.xharbour (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups.proposals,…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;pre&gt;<br /> From: The Big-8 Management Board &lt;board@big-8.org&gt;<br /> Subject: 2nd RFD: comp.lang.xharbour (LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS)<br /> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups.proposals,<br /> comp.lang.clipper<br /> Followup-To: news.groups.proposals<br /> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:42:48 -0600<br /> Organization: http://www.big-8.org/<br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)<br /> comp.lang.xharbour<br /> <br /> This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of the<br /> unmoderated Usenet newsgroup, comp.lang.xharbour.<br /> <br /> <br /> PROCEDURE:<br /> <br /> The B8MB plans to begin voting on this proposal after five days. Please<br /> offer any final discussion or comments before the end of this waiting<br /> period. Voting may take up to one week (7 days); a result will be posted<br /> following the end of the voting period.<br /> <br /> All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.proposals.<br /> <br /> The full group creation procedure is documented here:<br /> <br /> http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:proposals<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> NEWSGROUPS LINE: comp.lang.xharbour<br /> <br /> comp.lang.xharbour xHarbour programming, Clipper, and xBase.<br /> <br /> <br /> SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION:<br /> <br /> Several xHarbour users and suporters supported the creation of a new<br /> comp.lang.xharbour Usenet news group. They expressed their support<br /> via a reply on the original RFD message in the comp.lang.clipper and<br /> news.groups.proposals newsgroups.<br /> <br /> The RFD got a total of 13 positive responses so far. No negative<br /> response for this proposal was found in any of the newsgroups.<br /> <br /> The following messages are offered as evidence of support of this proposal:<br /> <br /> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.clipper/msg/5225e343af0c437c<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/3dd71507e8e591a3<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/c8c89b559c8bc066<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/4d2dc18fa67c4356<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/b7ded589ab73229e<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/a3368d247bcf51e7<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/7447c187c7cff870<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/a0378c0a5648ca17<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/05f23ad1f80d7301<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/987548298954b0cc<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/360f0f04a0b9f59b<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/e051212064604a47<br /> http://groups.google.com/group/news.groups.proposals/msg/e93f868f4f89e698<br /> <br /> <br /> RATIONALE: comp.lang.xharbour<br /> <br /> xHarbour is a computer language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHarbour).<br /> <br /> There are thousands of xHarbour developers throughout the world, supporting<br /> fairly busy multiple news groups at:<br /> <br /> news://news.xharbour.org/xHarbour<br /> news://news.xharbour.org/xHarbour.Spanish.Portuguese<br /> <br /> Additionally there are multiple forums on numerous other web sites, none<br /> offering the propagation and overall utility of Usenet. It seems that<br /> there&#039;s sufficient interest in xHarbour to support an xHarbour specific<br /> comp.lang group.<br /> <br /> The main purposes of this group, therefore, are to serve as a consolidated,<br /> dedicated group, and to make it easier for new users to locate xHarbour<br /> related discussion, and help forum.<br /> <br /> <br /> TRAFFIC ANALYSIS:<br /> <br /> Current xHarbour specific news groups traffic averages some 1,500 messages<br /> per month. There is additionally some traffic scattered through multiple<br /> other xHarbour 3d party forums such as:<br /> <br /> http://fivetechsoft.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=3<br /> http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/miniguibrasil<br /> <br /> as well as multiple other general purpose forums.<br /> <br /> <br /> CHARTER:<br /> <br /> comp.lang.xharbour is an unmoderated newsgroup which will serve as<br /> a forum for discussing the xHarbour programming language. The group<br /> will serve both those who program in xHarbour and those who work<br /> on developing the language. Topics that may be discussed include:<br /> <br /> - Announcements of new versions of the language.<br /> <br /> - Design and internals of the xHarbour language.<br /> <br /> - Design, programming, and administration of systems<br /> and applications which use the xHarbour language.<br /> <br /> - Strengths, weaknesses, and general usage of xHarbour<br /> to solve real world problems.<br /> <br /> - Technical discussion of products or themes of interest<br /> to xHarbour developers, including third-party add-on<br /> products, their usage, advantages and drawbacks, and<br /> links to additional information.<br /> <br /> Notwithstanding the above, advertisements of any kind are<br /> specifically disallowed, except for brief announcements of products<br /> and events specifically for xHarbour programmers. This specifically<br /> excludes:<br /> <br /> a. General-purpose programming tools.<br /> <br /> b. Announcements of over 50 lines of text.<br /> <br /> c. Advertisements listing specific prices and ordering<br /> information.<br /> <br /> d. Products and events which are not substantially specific<br /> to the needs of xHarbour developers.<br /> <br /> e. Any product or event that has been announced on<br /> comp.lang.xharbour within the past 30 days.<br /> <br /> Item (d) is intended to mitigate against announcements of general<br /> purpose programming tools or events, which really belong somewhere<br /> like:<br /> <br /> comp.lang.misc<br /> <br /> There is nothing wrong with posts like this but this charter is<br /> specifically attempting to establish strict definition of what&#039;s<br /> considered on-topic for comp.lang.xharbour. The clear intent and<br /> general requirement for all posts is to have directly xHarbour<br /> related content.<br /> <br /> Posters are expected to abide by normal Usenet standards of decorum,<br /> and to ignore articles intended to disrupt the group.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> DISTRIBUTION:<br /> <br /> This document has been posted to the following newsgroups:<br /> <br /> news.announce.newgroups<br /> news.groups.proposals<br /> comp.lang.clipper<br /> <br /> The proponent will also post pointers to:<br /> <br /> news://news.xharbour.org/xHarbour<br /> http://www.xharbour.org<br /> <br /> <br /> PROPONENT:<br /> <br /> &quot;Patrick Mast, xHarbour&quot; &lt;patrick.xHarbour@gmail.com&gt;<br /> <br /> Co-Proponent: Ron Pinkas &lt;Ron@RonPinkas.com&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> CHANGE HISTORY:<br /> <br /> 2006-12-18 1st RFD<br /> 2006-01-26 2nd RFD/LCC<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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