From: Brad Templeton (brad@main.templetons.com)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 13:07:29 CST
On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 11:51:04AM +0000, Charles Lindsey wrote:
> In <19991108114133.43852@main.templetons.com> Brad Templeton <brad@main.templetons.com> writes:
>
>
> >Note that for newgroup, we have the option of simply replacing the
> >old version. Which is to say, keep newgroup as it is, and define
> >a new message creategroup, which has the parameters and syntax we like.
> >(compatible with mvgroup)
>
> But WHY?
>
> It ain't broke ...
It certainly is. A newsgroup has many attributes one would like
associated with it when creating it, and people are debating how to cram
it into the old less extensible syntax.