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In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos, Kenneth Johansen writes:
> > having some sort of forwarding mechanism from the old legos group to the new
> > brickos newsgroup IMHO would be the best solution for old and new customers :)
> > old users, use the new brickos newsgroup, new users, who still think
> > its called legos, gets forwarded to our new group and
> > appropriate action can be taken to inform them of the name/newsgroup change:)
>
> I believe there are, or at least were, some technical problems around just
> changing the name of a group. So perhaps having the old name group stick
> around is the better approach.
>
> That group could even be locked for posting, perhaps, (with some work) so
> that users learned of the new group when they tried to post.
>
> XFUT admin.general, the admins will know better than I what's doable.
Last time I talked to Todd about this, it was in ref to the .publish.cinema
group becomming .animation. He had a plan for trying out with that group first,
before moving a .robotics group up in the hierarchy (a bigger move).
I'd imagine all suggestions are still welcome.
-Suz
btw, .cad.dat currently has its new name only in text heading on web interface.
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