On Sat, 4 Oct 2025 at 23:59, G. Branden Robinson < [email protected]> wrote:
> diff --git a/lib/readline/doc/history.3 b/lib/readline/doc/history.3 > *[…]* > .Q philosophical > -bug reports may be mailed > -to \fIbug\-readline\fP@\fIgnu.org\fP or posted to the Usenet > +bug reports to > +to \fIbug\-readline\fP@\fIgnu.org\fP or post them to the > +.SM USENET > newsgroup > .BR gnu.bash.bug . > If my memory isn't too decrepit yet, USENET got rebranded as *Usenet* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Renaming> somewhere around 1987, so I don't think undoing that will stick even now. That said, does anyone actually *read* bug reports sent to the newsgroup? If so, on which platform? It seems like the remaining “Usenet” sites have become isolated islands, only accepting feeds from and sending feeds to paying customers, cut off from other sites. (In particular, Google Groups effectively forked from Usenet a few years ago, when they stopped importing any feeds, but kept all the newsgroups open for intra-site postings.) If nobody is reading and actioning reports on Usenet, should all mention of Usenet as a bug reporting channel simply be dropped from the FAQ? -Martin
