From: Peter Couvares (pfcouvar@amhux1.amherst.edu)
Date: 07/14/92


From: pfcouvar@amhux1.amherst.edu (Peter Couvares)
Subject: Re: Splitting the comp.os.linux group
Date: 14 Jul 1992 05:09:03 GMT

S_ESPENLAUB@RZMAIN (Espenlaub Klaus) writes:
>
>I suggest that the linux group should be divided into a couple of
>subgroups. It's quite annoying to work through all the stuff daily
>posted (60-80 posts per day :-( ).
>
>The suggested groups are:
>- comp.os.linux.x11 (for x11 problems and fixes)
>- comp.os.linux.source (for linux diffs and fixes)
>- comp.os.linux.d (for discussion about future linux
> development and enhancement)

        I don't think the .source or .d groups are a good idea, but an .X11
group could be very useful for the following reasons:

1 - the X11-volume is sufficiently high to warrant a new group
2 - there are enough people who would want to read one group and not both
    (as opposed to the .source and .d groups ... how many people do you
     reall think would read just 1 and not the other? Surely not enough to
     warrant a split...)
3 - the group is defined well enough that crossposting could be kept to a
    minimum

-Peter

pfcouvar@amhux1.amherst.edu (Peter Couvares)