This is a copy of an RFD posted to news.groups. To particapte go to
news.gropus and post in the "RFD: comp.std.cli" thread.
[Note: this RFD has now actually appeared, unlike last time, apologies for
the premature announcement some days ago.]
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REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
unmoderated group comp.std.cli
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of
the worldwide unmoderated newsgroup comp.std.cli. This is not
a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural
details are below.
Newsgroup line:
comp.std.cli ECMA/ISO Common Language Infrastructure Standard
RATIONALE: comp.std.cli
There are no newsgroups to discuss the ECMA/ISO Standard for the Common
Language Infrastructure (CLI). There are multiple implementations of
this standard; including the Microsoft product C#, Mono, Rotor and
DotGNU; and a forum for the discussion of the Standard and possible
future directions would be of benefit to the community. The ECMA
Technical Groups for the CLI and C# are proposing this newsgroup and
will monitor the postings.
CHARTER: comp.std.cli
The purpose of this newsgroup shall be to establish and maintain a forum
for the open discussion of issues related to the ECMA/ISO CLI Standard.
Topics may include but are not limted to matters such as the following:
- Meaning of the Standard
- Impementation of the Standard
- Issues arising from implementing the Standard on different hosts
- Possible errors/omissions in the Standard
- Possible future directions of the Standard
ECMA and ISO have formal procedures for input to, and reporting errors in,
Standards. This group will in no way replace those procedures. The group
is intended as a forum for the community. However the ECMA Technical
Group for the Standard will monitor and take note of discussions on the
newsgroup.
END CHARTER.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) will be posted by a neutral vote taker. Please do not
attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
and the following mailing lists:
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Proponent: Nigel Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(on behalf of ECMA TC39 TG2&3)
Proponent: Rex Jaeschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
(on behalf of ECMA TC39 TG2&3)
