Re: Proposal: new groups in comp.sys.mac.programmer hierarchy

In article <smfr-6ABE9B.12343107012007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Simon Fraser <smfr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> This is an informal suggestion for the creation of several new
> groups in the comp.sys.mac.programmer hierarchy. It is a precursor
> to a more formal Request For Discussion (RFD) on the creation of
> these groups.
> 
> 
> PROPOSED NEW GROUPS
> 
> comp.sys.mac.programmer.carbon
>     Programming using the Carbon APIs on Mac OS X
> 
> comp.sys.mac.programmer.cocoa
>     Programming using the Cocoa APIs on Mac OS X
> 
> comp.sys.mac.programmer.xcode      
>     Apple's Xcode development environment

I think the first point of concern that strikes me is that the use of 
Carbon APIs from a majority-Cocoa program is fairly common and often 
even recommended. It's not clear from the above separation (and proposed 
charters I snipped) where messages reflecting that reality "should" be 
posted. Given that Cocoa includes some procedure interfaces, I'm not 
even sure a random relatively new developer could reliably identify 
which library a certain routine came from.

The second thing that occurs to me is that I really haven't seen a whole 
lot of discussion strictly about Xcode and question whether there's 
enough traffic to justify a dedicated group.

G

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