Nan:2006-06-26-unix-sources

From: Jim Riley <jimrtex@pipeline.com>
Subject: RFD: remove comp.sources.unix
Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.sources.unix,
 comp.unix.misc, comp.unix.programmer
Followup-To: news.groups
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:52:54 -0700

                       REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
                         remove comp.sources.unix

This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) to remove the moderated
newsgroup comp.sources.unix.


RATIONALE: Remove comp.sources.unix

The last approved message was in December 1998.

There are other more suitable means of distributing program sources, so
this comp.sources.unix is not a suitable candidate for conversion to an
unmoderated newsgroup.


HISTORY:

The newsgroup comp.sources.unix was created in April 1987 to replace the
moderated newsgroup mod.sources.  I could locate no charter for the
newsgroup.  The newsgroup line was:

comp.sources.unix       Postings of public-domain sources. (Moderated)


PROCEDURE:

The full (draft) group removal procedure is documented here:

  http://www.big-8.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=policies:rmgroup

Those who wish to comment on this request to remove this newsgroup should
subscribe to news.groups and participate in the relevant threads in that
newsgroup.

To this end, the followup header of this RFD has been set to news.groups.

All discussion of active proposals should be posted to news.groups.

If desired by the readership of closely affected groups, the discussion
may be crossposted to those groups, but care must be taken to ensure that
all discussion appears in news.groups as well.


DISTRIBUTION:

This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:

   news.announce.newgroups
   news.groups
   comp.sources.unix
   comp.unix.misc
   comp.unix.programmer


PROPONENT:

Jim Riley <jimrtex@pipeline.com>


CHANGE HISTORY:

2006-06-26      Slightly reformatted and posted to NAN
2006-06-16      Original RFD.