On 2004-11-23, "Marc G. Fournier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> Marc G. Fournier wrote: >>> Due to recent action by Google concerning the >>> comp.databases.postgresql.* hierarchy, we are going to make some >>> changes that should satisfy just about everyone ... over the next >>> 24hrs or so, traffic *to* >>> comp.databases.postgresql.* from the mailing lists will cease and be >>> re-routed to pgsql.* instead ... on our server (and we encourage >>> others to do the same), the comp.* groups will be aliased to the new >>> pgsql.* hierarchy, so that posts to the old groups will still get >>> through ... >> >> What exactly is this meant to achieve? > > To clean up the comp.* hierarchy ... evcen if the 4/5 that are being RFDd > right now pass, ppl are going to continue screaming that the other 15-16 > should be removed as well ... this way, thos using news.postgresql.org can > still get access to the whole hierarchy, while the comp.* would only carry > those that are deemed "official"
Any chance of there being regular (or even only occasional) signed checkgroups messages for the new hierarchy? -- Andrew, Supernews http://www.supernews.com - individual and corporate NNTP services ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
