From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 5 03:02:41 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id DAA15235 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jul 1995 03:02:41 -0700 Received: from hda.com (hda.com [199.232.40.182]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id DAA15228 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 1995 03:02:39 -0700 Received: (dufault@localhost) by hda.com (8.6.11/8.3) id FAA09424; Wed, 5 Jul 1995 05:59:55 -0400 From: Peter Dufault Message-Id: <199507050959.FAA09424@hda.com> Subject: Re: Proposal to change name of this list to a less embarrassing one To: jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (Julian Howard Stacey) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 05:59:54 -0400 (EDT) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199507050842.KAA00763@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> from "Julian Howard Stacey" at Jul 5, 95 10:42:45 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 955 Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Julian Howard Stacey writes: > I propose we change the list name `hackers' to [ Suggestions Please ]. (This is going to cause hacker-list-sparks, and points out the need for the non-existent "policy" list for these discussions) Hackers is fine with me and I don't see the need for a change, but: 1. If the -hackers name is shown to be a problem then I support the change. Has this proven to be a problem for anyone, or are you trying to head off possible future problems? If it isn't broke, don't fix it. 2. Are there many administrators out there who don't know the traditional meaning of "hacker" and yet must follow the hacker list? They should be well served by the newsgroups, and if they can't get them/the questions aren't answered then maybe an "admins" list is needed. -- Peter Dufault Real Time Machine Control and Simulation HD Associates, Inc. Voice: 508 433 6936 dufault@hda.com Fax: 508 433 5267