From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 16:29:36 -0400 From: Jim Davis jdavis@cs.arizona.edu Subject: comp.os.plan9 RFD posted. Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0e6319f4-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19950503202936.V5IarbWx6d4o2Hp0n6V13cqnl3-hZy7-hl_tNHAVVdw@z> The news.announce.newgroups moderator has posted the Request For Discussion for comp.os.plan9. I've appended it below. This is the first part of the newsgroup creation procedure: the voting guidelines call for a 21-day "discussion" period after the RFD appears, and then a Call For Votes on the proposal, which is when the voting begins. The people who run votes are still backlogged, though there's a good chance the backlog will be gone in 21 days. I'll keep an eye on news.groups and try to answer any questions about, or objections to, the RFD, and I'll keep the mailing list informed about any developments. If you support the newsgroup proposal, then it would be a good thing to post to that effect on news.groups! REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION Group name: comp.os.plan9 Status: moderated Distribution: worldwide Summary: Discussion of the Plan 9 operating system. Proposed by: Jim Davis This is a request for discussion (RFD) about creating a new moderated Usenet newsgroup, comp.os.plan9. This RFD will be cross-posted to news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.os.research,comp.os.misc, and the Plan 9 mailing list <9fans@cse.psu.edu>. Please post any responses to this message in news.groups; Follow-ups have been set accordingly. CHARTER comp.os.plan9 is a moderated newsgroup for discussion of the Plan 9 operating system from Bell Labs. It's a forum to ask questions and share information about installing, administering, and using Plan 9 systems. The newsgroup will be bidirectionally gatewayed with the Plan 9 mailing list <9fans@cse.psu.edu> RATIONALE Plan 9 is a computing system developed at the Computing Science Research Center of AT&T Bell Laboratories. First released in 1990, Plan 9 contains many innovative ideas but is robust enough for production use. There is an active Plan 9 mailing list with several hundred readers. Past releases of Plan 9 could only be licensed by universities. The next release will be available to anyone, and run on a wide range of PCs. This will make running Plan 9 an option for many Usenet readers. A Plan 9 newsgroup would let Plan 9 users help each other, and let anyone interested in current operating system practice learn about Plan 9. MODERATION POLICY Icarus Sparry has volunteered to be moderator; Tim Goodwin has volunteered to be backup moderator. Both are participants on the Plan 9 mailing list. Moderation is intended to keep discussion on charter topics, which we hope will encourage the Plan 9 developers to participate.