> This is the first time anybody mentioned that there are "production
> newsgroups". Ok, I can accept that (even as I was surprised by this).
Do you think we have 70 newsgroups just for chatting in? ;-) Work gets
done here.
> However, why no member of the "move this discussion to the newsgroups"
> Mozilla commando ever mentions which group he wants the discussion moved
> to? Is it really that much bother to say "Please, move this discussion
> to n.p.m.general"? I believe this is a reasonable request, especially as
> it saves everybody from a sequel in the "move to.." genre.
There seems to be a confusion here. People in bugs who say "move this
discussion to the newsgroups" say so because otherwise bugs fill up with
discussion which makes them hard to read, and people get spammed with
bugmail. Those who move the discussion are supposed to pick an appropriate
group - there is no need for them to choose n.p.m.general (and, in fact,
most of the time that will be the wrong group.)
On the other hand, all off-topic stuff in our newsgroups should gravitate
to n.p.m.general, because if mail-news people are reading n.p.m.mail-news
for things of interest to those working on mail-news, then they probably
don't want to read 20-message-a-day flamewars about the colour of the
Mozilla lizard.
Gerv
