Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 UW 5/3/83; site uw-june Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!furuta From: furuta@uw-june (Richard Furuta) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: It has been brought to my attention... Message-ID: <1927@uw-june> Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 13:34:56 EST Article-I.D.: uw-june.1927 Posted: Tue Oct 30 13:34:56 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Oct-84 01:24:51 EST References: <1793@nsc.UUCP> Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 22 My recollection based on the mail messages sent around last summer was that rather than get rid of net.general at that point, what was going to happen was that a complete reorganization of netnews was going to be suggested, posted, and decided upon. At whatever time this reorganization happened, net.general was going to become obsolete and at that time its removal wouldn't make any difference. I think the argument that I remember was that removal of net.general was going to be a somewhat cataclysmic event that would cause confusion and probably hard feelings. As long as there was going to be confusion and hard feelings, one might as well just redo the whole thing. The newly created set of mod groups surprised me since they didn't seem to fit within this master plan. However, I'm not arguing that they shouldn't have been created or that the need for them does not exist. Within the context of current netnews they seem quite appropriate. Given the current situation, I continue to argue that it is inappropriate to get rid of net.general. Removal of net.general would be addressing a symptom, not the basic problem. --Rick