From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Jun 11 2003 - 06:37:43 CDT
In <Pine.BSI.3.91.1030610142426.5184J-100000@spsystems.net> Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net> writes:
>My feeling is that the general discussion of local policy effects in 7 is
>sufficient in principle. It might be worth underlining that, specifically
>in regard to hierarchy-specific policies, in 7.2.1; I have no strong
>feelings on the matter either way.
The problem is that most discussion of local policy effects has
disappeared from section 7 in my latest changes, and I think I may have
gone too far. I have now extended the last paragraph of 7.2 as follows:
All of the group control messages MUST have an Approved-header
(6.14) which, in those hierarchies where appropriate administrative
agencies exist (see 1.1), identifies the appropriate person or entity
as authorized by those agencies. The authorized person or entity
SHOULD adhere to the conventions and restrictions on the format of
newsgroup-names established for those hierarchies (see 5.5).
The last sentence is new. The reference to 5.5 in intended to identify the
new paragraph there which reads:
The format of newsgroup-names is ultimately determined by the
policies of those administrative agencies which have the
responsibility for creating new newsgroups within the various
hierarchies of Usenet. There are traditional, social and technical
arguments why there should be restrictions on these formats (and the
force of the technical ones changes over time with developments in
computers and operating systems) Therefore, such administrative
agencies SHOULD establish and promulgate the restrictions they intend
to apply within their own hierarchies.
(and there if a NOTE following that which set out some default/advisory
restrictions).
Is that acceptable?
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