Dave Hodder
2003-08-08 09:54:37 UTC
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
unmoderated group comp.lang.coldfusion
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of
the worldwide unmoderated newsgroup comp.lang.coldfusion. This is not
a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural
details are below.
Newsgroup line:
comp.lang.coldfusion ColdFusion web application development.
RATIONALE: comp.lang.coldfusion
The currently existing newsgroup alt.comp.lang.coldfusion is well
used. Not all news servers carry alt.* or alt.comp.lang.coldfusion,
however, essentially cutting off parts of the ColdFusion community.
Almost all servers carry the comp.* groups, however, which would make
the proposed group more accessible to users.
First released in 1995, ColdFusion was the first ever web application
server, with it's ColdFusion Markup Language being the first
programming language designed specifically for server-side web
application development. Now robust and scalable, there are multiple
implementions of ColdFusion available, including ColdFusion 5 and
ColdFusion MX from Macromedia, and the BlueDragon product family from
New Atlanta. With it's level of maturity, a group in the comp.lang.*
hierarchy seems appropriate.
Finally, many news servers give posts to comp.* groups a longer
retention period than posts to alt.* groups, which would be an
additional benefit.
CHARTER: comp.lang.coldfusion
comp.lang.coldfusion is an unmoderated newsgroup for the discussion of
ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) and CFScript. Whilst primarily
focussed around ColdFusion programming, ColdFusion configuration
issues involving products such as ColdFusion Server and BlueDragon
Server are also considered on-topic.
Other topics which may be discussed in the context of the ColdFusion
environment include: development tools such as Dreamweaver and
ColdFusion Studio; CFX/JSP custom tags and external objects; and
frameworks/design patterns such as Fusebox and MVC. General web
development discussion unrelated to ColdFusion is off-topic and
belongs in a more appropriate group.
Posts must be readable as plain text. Binary posts are not permitted,
with the exception of cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP), which may
be used where appropriate.
Relevant commercial posts are acceptable, but should be limited to one
per month per product.
END CHARTER.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
alt.comp.lang.coldfusion
comp.infosystems.www.misc
Proponent: Dave Hodder <***@dmh.org.uk>
unmoderated group comp.lang.coldfusion
This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of
the worldwide unmoderated newsgroup comp.lang.coldfusion. This is not
a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at this time. Procedural
details are below.
Newsgroup line:
comp.lang.coldfusion ColdFusion web application development.
RATIONALE: comp.lang.coldfusion
The currently existing newsgroup alt.comp.lang.coldfusion is well
used. Not all news servers carry alt.* or alt.comp.lang.coldfusion,
however, essentially cutting off parts of the ColdFusion community.
Almost all servers carry the comp.* groups, however, which would make
the proposed group more accessible to users.
First released in 1995, ColdFusion was the first ever web application
server, with it's ColdFusion Markup Language being the first
programming language designed specifically for server-side web
application development. Now robust and scalable, there are multiple
implementions of ColdFusion available, including ColdFusion 5 and
ColdFusion MX from Macromedia, and the BlueDragon product family from
New Atlanta. With it's level of maturity, a group in the comp.lang.*
hierarchy seems appropriate.
Finally, many news servers give posts to comp.* groups a longer
retention period than posts to alt.* groups, which would be an
additional benefit.
CHARTER: comp.lang.coldfusion
comp.lang.coldfusion is an unmoderated newsgroup for the discussion of
ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) and CFScript. Whilst primarily
focussed around ColdFusion programming, ColdFusion configuration
issues involving products such as ColdFusion Server and BlueDragon
Server are also considered on-topic.
Other topics which may be discussed in the context of the ColdFusion
environment include: development tools such as Dreamweaver and
ColdFusion Studio; CFX/JSP custom tags and external objects; and
frameworks/design patterns such as Fusebox and MVC. General web
development discussion unrelated to ColdFusion is off-topic and
belongs in a more appropriate group.
Posts must be readable as plain text. Binary posts are not permitted,
with the exception of cryptographic signatures (e.g. PGP), which may
be used where appropriate.
Relevant commercial posts are acceptable, but should be limited to one
per month per product.
END CHARTER.
PROCEDURE:
This is a request for discussion, not a call for votes. In this phase
of the process, any potential problems with the proposed newsgroups
should be raised and resolved. The discussion period will continue
for a minimum of 21 days (starting from when the first RFD for this
proposal is posted to news.announce.newgroups), after which a Call For
Votes (CFV) may be posted by a neutral vote taker if the discussion
warrants it. Please do not attempt to vote until this happens.
All discussion of this proposal should be posted to news.groups.
This RFD attempts to comply fully with the Usenet newsgroup creation
guidelines outlined in "How to Create a New Usenet Newsgroup" and "How
to Format and Submit a New Group Proposal". Please refer to these
documents (available in news.announce.newgroups) if you have any
questions about the process.
DISTRIBUTION:
This RFD has been posted to the following newsgroups:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups
alt.comp.lang.coldfusion
comp.infosystems.www.misc
Proponent: Dave Hodder <***@dmh.org.uk>