From:	Shawn Hargreaves <shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject:	Re: Allegro/Newsgroup
Date:	Wed, 14 May 1997 12:14:44 +0100
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Tom Breton writes:

>         Do nothing. Always an option.

Indeed. Personally I'd be quite happy with this, but then I'm interested in
both djgpp and Allegro material. I suspect that most Allegro users don't
mind it being discussed here, but I agree that a lot of the questions that
have recently come up are a long way off topic for this group, and would be
more appropriate somewhere else.

One worry I have about the creation of a new 'djgpp.games' type group is
that there would be massive crossposting  between it and this: I think if
such a group is created, part of the charter should be that it is not
appropriate to crosspost between it and comp.os.msdos.djgpp.

>         Do nothing except direct Allegro material to rec.games.programmer

IMHO a very bad idea: Allegro issues are probably even further off topic
there than they are here, and certainly a lot less likely to get a helpful
answer.

>         Someone volunteers to host an Allegro-specific mailing list.

I think this could be quite useful regardless of whether or not a new group
is created, but I don't have the resources to organise it myself, so there
isn't much point discussing it unless/until someone offers to host it.

>         Newgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp.games.

Thumbs up. I'd be very happy with this...

>         Newgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp.allegro.

Nah. If there was an Allegro group, it shouldn't be part of a djgpp
hierarchy. Sure, Allegro and djgpp are inseparable at the moment, but it
would be a mistake to choose a name that would conflict with any future
ports to other platforms. Personally I'd much prefer a djgpp.games group to
an Allegro one, but if there was to be such a group I think it should be
titled something like comp.api.allegro.


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