Re: [Pan-users] GNKSA

[Kurt Schilling]

Duncan wrote:
> Beartooth posted on Sat, 09 Jul 2011 21:29:59 +0000 as excerpted:
>
> > On Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:03:08 +0000, Duncan wrote:
> >         [snipperoo]
> > > Note also that at least back in 2003, according to the headers in the
> > > document (which is in the form of a news post) the GNKSA was being
> > > posted monthly (first Sunday) to a number of newsgroups, including
> > > news.software.readers .  If we're serious about modifying GNKSA,
> > > someone should check to see if news.software.readers is still active
> > > and if the monthly post is still occurring.  It might also be useful to
> > > know when the last post was, if it's not still happening.
> >         [snipperee]
> >
> >         There's a thread there about wanting a new newsreader, containing
> > forty posts, dating from Tuesday to today.
>
> So it seems news.software.readers is still alive, at least.  Don't know 
> about the first-Sunday-monthly GNKSA posting to it yet.  That should have 
> been the Sunday before that Tuesday you mentioned, but whether your 
> server has retention, I don't know.

Yes, NSR is still alive. The newsgroup tends to be relatively active on 
a day to day basis. However, the regulars tend to be pretty much 
"anti-PAN" since the re-write to C++ primarily because of the lack of 
granular scoring. The majority of the regulars are slrn or Xnews users, 
with slrn having the greater share. You can also find some questions 
about using PAN and answers being given in the Alt.O.S.Ubuntu newsgroup 
from time to time.

Warm regards,


Kurt Schilling