-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vadim Zeitlin Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 7:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wx-users] RFD: comp.soft-sys.wxwindows REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) unmoderated group comp.soft-sys.wxwindows This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a world-wide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup comp.soft-sys.wxwindows. This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural details are below. Newsgroup line: comp.soft-sys.wxwindows Discussions related to wxWindows framework. RATIONALE: comp.soft-sys.wxwindows This group should be used both for the discussion of programming using the wxWindows framework as well as for the discussions of related to developing the framework itself. wxWindows is a free cross-platform GUI C++ framework which may also be used as a general purpose toolkit (not just GUI) and may be used from either C++ or Python programs. It is constantly being developed and has a lot of users both in the academic and commercial communities. Currently, wxWindows has a number of mailing lists: a list for wxWindows developers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, another one for wxWindows users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, a list specific to using wxWindows from Python language <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and several others. The combined volume of these lists is rather high according to the statistics from http://www.egroups.com: the number of messages in wx-devel was 2058 in March 200, 1922 in February and 1388 in January with additional 783, 424 ad 375 postings to wx-users during the same months. The average number of messages per day was 76 during this period. There are 706 unique users of wx-users and wx-devel lists (mainly oriented towards C++) and additional 359 users on wxPython-users list. wxWindows mailing lists have been in existence since several years and the number of subscribers and messages to them steadily increases. An even more significant increase is expected after the next stable version of the toolkit is released (due soon) and with availability of wxWindows ports to other platforms (several are in progress currently). CHARTER: comp.soft-sys.wxwindows The comp.soft-sys.wxwindows newsgroup should be used for any discussions related to wxWindows framework without limitation to any language (C++ or Python) or platform (porting to a currently unsupported platform may be discussed here). Examples of correct postings include (but are not limited to) the following subjects: - questions related to using wxWindows - discussion of current or future wxWindows developments - bug reports Examples of unwelcome postings: - questions about C or C++ language except when directly related to support for C++ feature or lack of thereof in wxWindows (e.g. "Should destructor of the base class be virtual?" is inappropriate while "How can I use exceptions with wxWindows?" is not). - platform-specific programming questions unrelated to wxWindows (specifically questions about Win32 API are unwelcome) - questions about using wxWindows answered in the FAQ The newsgroup is not moderated. Posting of binaries and advertisement is strongly discouraged. As an exception, advertisement is allowed for the announcement of products directly related to wxWindows (either written for wxWindows or using wxWindows) and small patches to wxWindows may be sent in binary form to 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) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion warrants it. 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.newsgroups news.groups comp.lang.c++ comp.lang.python comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 and the following mailing lists: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for developers of the wxWindows toolkit) subscribe via http://wxwindows.org/mailman/listinfo/wx-devel [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for users of the wxWindows toolkit) subscribe via http://wxwindows.org/mailman/listinfo/wx-users Proponent: Vadim Zeitlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
