Subject: Re: Yet another gripe about x86-specific messages to current-users
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@intran.xerox.com>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillham@andrews.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 02/10/1995 16:33:34
>
> I'd cast my vote with this, if I hadn't at least occasionally asked
> <platform> specific questions here. However, the basic point is valid;
> current-users is supposed to be for people:
> 1. Using current.
> 2. There is no 2.
>
> My understanding is that there's a mailing list for platform issues of each
> platform, as well.
I would say the posting of x86 specific stuff to current-users is
because we don't know where else to do it. The "port-i386" list
seems inappropriate for "user" type discussions. I think people would
post to comp.os.386bsd.*, except there doesn't seem to be much of a
NetBSD presence there.
This is what majordomo tells me:
>>>> info port-i386
People working on the NetBSD/i386 port.
... and ...
majordomo@NetBSD.ORG serves the following lists:
...
current-users General discussion regarding NetBSD-current
...
port-i386 Technical discussion regarding NetBSD/i386
Perhaps a "current-users-i386" would be appropriate due to the higher
numbers of x86 users? Or a "i386", similar to "amiga" which is a
general discussion area?
-Andrew