Re: Ada-Comment proposals (version 3)

[Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>]

On 2014-07-15, Randy Brukardt <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote:
> "Simon Clubley" <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote in 
> message news:lq3nt1$hd9$1@dont-email.me...
>> On 2014-07-13, Simon Clubley 
>> <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> wrote:
>>> As requested by the Ada 2012 LRM, I sent it as two emails, one per
>>> issue raised.
>>>
>>
>> It will be interesting to see how the issues raised in both emails have
>> been received. :-)
>
> Did you join the Ada-Comment list, so you can see any ensuing discussion. 
> Tucker asked you a question this morning and hopefully you saw it. (I'm 
> going to answer it myself, but the original author probably ought to respond 
> as well.)
>

Dammit, Dammit, Dammit. :-(

No, I did not as I didn't even realise that participation was even an
option. The way it's worded in the LRM, it came across as an address
the general public sent comments to, the issue was then discussed in
private, and then at some undefined point in the future, some summary
of the discussion, either as an AI/AC, was then produced.

There was also _nothing_ on http://www.ada-auth.org/ais.html about
a public facing mailing list when I was looking at the existing AIs
before submission. If I had known, I would have joined before making
the submissions.

I've just spent 15 minutes looking on the www.ada-auth.org website and
the _only_ reference to a mailing list I have found is:

|The ACAA mailing list contains announcements from the ACAA (such as new tests)
|and discussion about Ada Conformity Testing. While primarily intended for Ada
|compiler implementors, it is open to the general public. To subscribe, send a
|message with the body text "Join ACAA" to listserv@ada-auth.org. 

which certainly doesn't sound like it.

Where can I find the joining instructions and I will join right away.
Also, are there any archives available ?

I'm new to this whole Ada-Comment thing. Sorry. :-(

Simon.

PS: There's clearly some information source which has this list subscribe
information and I clearly have not yet come across this information source.
I would appreciate being pointed to it, because there's probably other
useful information there as well. Thanks.

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