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David Greenman wrote:
> 
> >> 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?
> 
>    That's silly. Of course we talk about architectural issues. It's just that
> these days it's easier for me and others to pick up the phone and call the
> interested parties or send directed email than it is to send to lists full
> of indifferent people.
> 

which leaves those of us that ARE interested, but not being called,
kinda 'out of the loop'. That was one of my questions..
"How can we get a critical mass together on architectural issues?"


> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project