Posted by Woodchuck Bill on 06/14/05 00:53

"William Drew" <bwr607@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1118693951.12274@isc.org:

> REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
> unmoderated group comp.databases.mysql
>
> This is an invitation to discuss the following proposal to create
> newsgroup comp.databases.mysql. Please note that YOU CANNOT VOTE
> NOW; you may be able to vote on a version of this proposal later.
> See the PROCEDURE section below if you need information about how
> the discussion works.
>
> PLEASE POST ANY FOLLOWUPS TO THE NEWSGROUP NEWS.GROUPS.
>
> Newsgroup line:
> comp.databases.mysql MySQL RDBMS technical discussions.
>
> CHANGES from previous RFD:
>
> Minor changes in syntax have been made to the newsgroup line,
> rationale, and charter sections of this proposal.
>
> RATIONALE: comp.databases.mysql
>
> MySQL is a relational database server that is finding increasingly
> wide acceptance as a back end solution for developing data-driven
> web sites and applications.
>
> There is no dedicated newsgroup for MySQL in the comp.* hierarchy
> and, as a result, most of the discussions of MySQL take place in
> the comp.lang.php newsgroup. This is unsatisfactory because MySQL
> is not in any intrinsic way related to the PHP language, and users
> of MySQL who do not use it in conjunction with PHP front ends are
> unlikely to know to look for discussions of MySQL there. In
> addition, discussion of issues related to MySQL but not to PHP are
> off-topic for comp.lang.php. A new group specifically for MySQL
> would offer a place where all users of MySQL could participate
> without risking being off-topic for the group and where all users
> of MySQL could easily discover the group.
>
> CHARTER: comp.databases.mysql
>
> This newsgroup comp.databases.mysql is a forum for technical
> discussion of the MySQL relational database management system.
> All topics that pertain to using, learning, developing,
> maintaining or improving MySQL are on-topic in this newsgroup.
>
> Posting of advertising and/or promotional material of any kind to
> comp.databases.mysql is explicitly prohibited. Posting of
> binaries is not permitted, with the exception of small binary
> components in otherwise non-binary postings, such as PGP
> signatures or X-Face headers. Posts must be readable as plain
> text. HTML, RTF and similarly formatted messages are prohibited
>
> END CHARTER.
>
> PROCEDURE
>
> When an RFD appears, it begins a process called the newsgroup
> creation process. The first stage of that process is the
> discussion period, and that's the stage that's now in effect.
>
> During the discussion period, the object is indeed to discuss
> whether this proposal should be enacted, and to discuss any
> potential problems with it and how to resolve them. Because the
> RFD has a Followup-To header pointing to news.groups, discussion
> will be posted there. Therefore, if you want to be heard in the
> discussion, you should post your own posts in news.groups too.
> Similarly, if you want to read the discussion, you should be
> prepared to read it in news.groups.
>
> During the discussion period, the proponents may issue new drafts
> of the proposal, perhaps with major changes: "2nd RFD", "3rd
> RFD", etc. Please do not assume that these will be the same as
> this draft; please make a point of reading each, if you wish to
> avoid surprises.
>
> Following the discussion period, there may be a second stage,
> called a voting period. This cannot begin until 21 days after the
> first RFD, *and* 10 days after the last RFD. The proponents
> decide whether to ask for a voting period. If a voting period is
> requested by the proponents, then a neutral vote taker will post a
> Call For Votes, or CFV, whose appearance begins the voting period.
> The CFV will contain instructions on how to go about voting. You
> cannot vote until the CFV appears. If you want to be sure of
> seeing any CFV, but you don't want to read the discussion, you may
> wish to subscribe to news.announce.newgroups, a low-volume group
> consisting mostly of RFDs, CFVs, and related posts.
>
> For further information about this process, please see "Guidelines
> for Big Eight Newsgroup Creation" in news.announce.newgroups.
> This post tries to obey all guidelines in that post and in "How to
> Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
> documents if you have further questions.
>
> DISTRIBUTION:
>
> The RFD has been posted directly to the following newsgroups:
>
> news.announce.newgroups
> news.groups
> comp.lang.php
> alt.php.sql
> alt.php
>
> Pointer messages to this RFD will be posted to:
>
> comp.databases
> alt.comp.lang.php
> mailing.database.mysql
>
> Proponent: Gary L. Burnore <gburnore@databasix.com>
> Proponent: William Drew <bwr607@hotmail.com>

If anyone from the PHP groups would like to offer feedback on this
proposal, please do. :-)

--

Bill

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