Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 14:09:15 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Robert Humphris <r DOT humphris AT indigo-avs DOT com>
cc: "'djGpp list'" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Outstanding Projects
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On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Robert Humphris wrote:

> The first listing would be "Projects under development" where a brief
> spec would be written, along with
> the people involved, this could be used to inlist help, or just to
> announce that you were attempting a project.
> The second would be Completed Projects, where you can place your
> announcement for a completed prog.
> or a beta/alpha test, this would be something similar to the LSM which
> certainly adds credence to LINUX
> and could quite possibly do the same for us.

Great idea!  But please keep in mind:

	1) Somebody (you?) should maintain this database so it remains 
up-to-date, otherwise it won't be useful.

	2) The database should be extensively indexed to allow for fast
and efficient search when the only thing people know is what functionality
do they need.  This usually takes a lot of effort. 

	3) You need to convince people search it, which is not as trivial
as it may sound.  For example, you can search the DJGPP mail archives
*today* to look for announcements of software, but many people just post a
question instead.