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Re: Unmanaged hierarchies (was Re: microsoft.* hierarchy)

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Subject: Re: Unmanaged hierarchies (was Re: microsoft.* hierarchy)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 23:42:50 +0200
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by: Thomas Hochstein - Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:42 UTC

Adam H. Kerman wrote:

> But if the proponent and not the hierarchy administrator issues newgroup
> messages in de.alt.* that would never include a PGP key, that requires
> a comment.

de.alt.* had been modelled after alt.*, as de.* had been modelled after
the Big8, so control messages for de.alt.* are traditionally sent by
proponents (signed with their keys) or by someone acting for the
proponent. Those groups are added to or removed from the checkgroups for
de.* by the hierarchy maintainer team; while - theoretically - just a
technical necessity, that makes the hierarchy maintainers the final
arbiter of disputes whether due process was followed before the control
message was send.

Historically, the rights and sinecures of de.alt.* have been jealously
defended against perceived infringements by hierarchy maintainers. :-)
Today, that's mainly moot as there are not many users left (and even less
interested in hierarchy administration or technically inclined or
qualified to sent control message).

Anyway, all groups in the checkgroups are created (and all missing groups
have been removed) by due process; it's just a very different process for
de.alt.*

-thh

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