Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site cwruecmp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!cwruecmp!decot From: decot@cwruecmp.UUCP (Dave Decot) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.news.group Subject: Re: use of net.general Message-ID: <1064@cwruecmp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Mar-84 05:39:56 EST Article-I.D.: cwruecmp.1064 Posted: Fri Mar 2 05:39:56 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 04:22:56 EST References: <498@osu-dbs.UUCP> <287@oliveb.UUCP>, <528@ihuxb.UUCP> Organization: CWRU Computer Engr. Cleveland, Ohio Lines: 12 The suggestion was made in net.followup to change the name of net.general because that name is misleading ("Hmmm...my article doesn't seem to fit any of these categories, it's just kind of general...Oh HEY! This one looks like just what I need!"). Net.priority was the suggested name, but obviously there could be severe problems with changing the name. A lot of software knows about net.general and its special role, and expects it to be called that. Can we trust net.news.adm's to update their code? Or even to incorporate posted changes? Maybe. But it's an interesting idea. Dave Decot "Net.general needs love and attention, too." decvax!cwruecmp!decot (Decot.Case@rand-relay)