Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 09:25:50 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>, chris@calldei.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG, core@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2 new mailing lists: policy and ipfw Message-ID: <19990706092550.12132@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19990705233919.P71138@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>; from Nik Clayton on Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:39:19PM %2B0100 References: <19990704210245.L71138@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <19990705003013.1551B14F2E@hub.freebsd.org> <19990705233919.P71138@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:39:19PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 05:30:13PM -0700, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:
> > > Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 21:02:45 +0100
> > > From: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>
> > > I'm adding them now. Core, why do we need "freebsd-policy"? Isn't
> > > that role also covered by freebsd-announce?
> >
> > at Usenix core specifically expressed the desire for a mailing
> > list, other than announce, which will carry all core decisions. it
> > has happened that people have mistaken statements by one member of
> > core for statements by the Core Team.
> >
> > If it did not appear in freebsd-policy, it aint freebsd
> > policy. this email excepted? ;P
>
> Fair enough. If someone's already subscribed to -announce should they
> subscribe to -policy as well, or will all -policy messages be cc'd to
> -announce?
I imagine most would be boring to a lot of us lowly -announce
subscribers who just want to know when the next version's available
without getting a full mailbox. The Really Quick Newsletter could pick
up any interesting policy announcements.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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