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Date: 05 Mar 1995 17:54:48 -0500 (EST)
From: bbeeton <BNB@MATH.AMS.ORG>
Subject: archiving tex-implementors traffic
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karl berry has offered a site to archive the messages sent to
tex-implementors, both for reference by individuals on the list
and for possible public access.
tex-implementors has been, and will remain, a limited-access
mailing list. i maintain it by hand, and screen applicants to
assure their interest and competence with the material. i also
seek out new implementors to try to make sure that when knuth
promulgates updates, everyone with a need to receive them will
in fact receive them.
in the past, some of the "official" messages to tex-implementors
have made their way to public archives, e.g. ctan, and i am happy
to have that continue.
ad hoc traffic has not, as far as i am aware, been posted
anywhere for public inspection. participants in discussions on
tex-implementors have felt free to speak their minds with an
assurance that the people receiving the traffic would understand
it in the proper context. there is a possibility that, if an
archive of this discussion were made more openly available,
things might be taken out of context and misunderstood. on
the other hand, these discussions cover material that could be
valuable to, say, the nts group, or someone working on a project
like omega.
therefore, before i tell karl to go ahead and open up an archive,
i would like to get the sense of the participants in the group.
would you like the ad-hoc traffic to remain privileged, or do
you feel there's value in letting it become an open resource?
please feel free to respond either to the list or to me alone.
i would like to make a decision next weekend (march 12), so
please chime in by then. thanks.
-- bb