From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 8 07:23:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA13732 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:23:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA13724 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:23:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA21674; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:23:06 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA11391; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:23:04 -0700 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:23:04 -0700 Message-Id: <199712081523.IAA11391@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Julian Elischer , Nate Williams , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [hackers:] Architectural advice needed In-Reply-To: <18693.881576199@time.cdrom.com> References: <18693.881576199@time.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [ Removed Kirk from the list, he doesn't need to here about FreeBSD politics. ] > > Ah this would be the CLOSED LIST to which I have not been admitted though > > I have asked to join several times, yes? > > Actually, that list hasn't been used for over a year and should > probably be retired. I don't think it ever fulfilled its purpose. That's because no-one ever talks about architecture stuff anymore, and just 'implements' nowadays. I think it *could* fulfill its purpose if it was actually promoted/used. I would have used it in the past if I thought it would be monitored, although it wasn't. Could we consider it 'back in use' for questions such as Julians? Nate