From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 8 14:20:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA20182 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:20:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from ocean.campus.luth.se (ocean.campus.luth.se [130.240.194.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA20051 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 14:19:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se) Received: (from karpen@localhost) by ocean.campus.luth.se (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA00434; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:28:38 +0100 (CET) From: Mikael Karpberg Message-Id: <199712082228.XAA00434@ocean.campus.luth.se> Subject: Re: [hackers:] Architectural advice needed In-Reply-To: <199712081523.IAA11391@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Dec 8, 97 08:23:04 am" To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:28:38 +0100 (CET) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Nate Williams: > > > 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? It's still closed, though, no? And that's a lot less fun for people that are interested in, if not joining the debate, at least read it. If it's going to go back in use, could it at least be possible to join it "read only", if you are the "mere mortal" that most of us are? /Mikael