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Re: Some more comments and suggestions.
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 6 May 1999 21:44:59 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, markt@lynx.bc.ca (Mark Tarrabain) writes:
> Wes Matchett wrote:
> > My request to both groups is: don't go 'off-list' until you have a feature
> > spec that was formed with feedback from the whole list. It would be a
> > shame for you to finish development of a tool that no one else uses.
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> I concur with this opinion. I realize that the subject may be a bit
> prevalent right now but the alternative would be to develop a separate list
> for alternative firmware discussion, and I don't know how viable that would
> be.
That's a good pseudo-question. It would actually be quite easy to set up a
focused group/list for this, as has been done for legOS, NQC, and pbFORTH;
the viability is only dependent on the interest in having more room to
breathe. Anything really important can be crossposted for increased
visibility, with followups set as appropriate.*
The lugnet.robotics newsgroup hierarchy accommodates expansion as new topics
arise. So, for example, if a subgroup is for alternative firmware
discussions is desired, one possibility is naming it as a subgroup of
.robotics.rcx -- or .rcx itself could even be used for this (since
lugnet.robotics.rcx is currently a reserved/empty node in the ng tree,
existing originally only to structure its 3 subgroups .rcx.legos, .rcx.nqc,
and .rcx.pbforth).
The reason that lugnet.robotics.rcx wasn't created (as a newsgroup) at the
same time its three subgroups were created is that, at the time, no one
wanted to talk about other alternative firmware possibilities.
It may just make sense to bite the bullet, create the group, and let it sit
and either blossom or die, depending on how the winds end up blowing on
this.
--Todd
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| Well, now that you mention it... lugnet.robotics.rcx.misc might be the best way to go. That seems to have the most consistency with existing groups. If that group's discussion splinters considerably, then new groups could be created in the l.r.r.* (...) (26 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I concur with this opinion. I realize that the subject may be a bit prevalent right now but the alternative would be to develop a separate list for alternative firmware discussion, and I don't know how viable that would be. What follows is a (...) (26 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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