From: barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com (Keith Barrett) Subject: Re: RFD: Bug Forms for Linux Reply-To: barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 14:43:42 GMT I suggest creating a newsgroup dedicated to only bug reporting (comp.os.linux.bugs}. This was highly successful in the alt.sys.amiga.uucp groups. The advantages are obvious Bugs and soluations are seen by everyone who needs to. Newsgroup extraction can be automated; news posts could have a specific format. Traffic is moved away from the main newsgroup The newsgroup could be moderated if desired. Inappropriate items, or items that are really FAQs are still visible. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keep Circulating the tapes - MST3k. | barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com Linux = Likable Unix :-) | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ From: sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stephen Tweedie) Subject: Re: RFD: Bug Forms for Linux [comp.os.linux.bugs, anybody?] Date: 27 Apr 93 17:42:47 GMT In article <1993Apr27.144342.22297@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>, barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com (Keith Barrett) writes: > I suggest creating a newsgroup dedicated to only bug reporting > (comp.os.linux.bugs}. This was highly successful in the alt.sys.amiga.uucp > groups. The advantages are obvious I would *strongly* second this motion. Another (major) advantage to the new group - it would help to keep the volume on the Linux-activists mail channels under control, so that they could be more useful as channels for development discussion as originally intended, not as help forums as they currently seem to be heading. Can anybody remember when the last split was voted? I think that the 6-month limit between split votes is due to expire pretty soon. Cheers, Stephen Tweedie. --- Stephen Tweedie (Internet: ) Department of Computer Science, Edinburgh University, Scotland.