On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:28:52 -0800, Hereon wrote: > Request For Comment on: > Enhancing the Debian mailing lists by: > Creating debian-user-woody and debian-user-sarge mailing lists, > and deactivating debian-user. > > Summary: > > 1) The Debian user community is substantially suboptimally served > with the existence of the current debian-user list. >
I am not convinced that this is the case, which renders the rest of your argument a moot point. Most would be even more suboptimally served by needing to subscribe to at least two mailing lists in order to satisfy their needs. That because there is no guarantee that users would post in the correct list anyway. Also, there is not such a clear distinction across releases that there may once have been. Because of the operational requirements placed on debian installations, or the personal requirements of many individual debian users, a significant percentage of debianers are using one of the base releases augmented by software from other releases: maybe old libraries from woody in a sarge installation, or backports from sarge to woody. Given that the classification of installations according to base release is somewhat fuzzy, knowing in which list to search or post might also be a dilemma. Although your suggestion is obviously intended to help, and is by no means completely without merit, I believe that on balance it would generate more confusion than it would add clarity, and that the community is best served by the one bucket in which to dump and search. A prediction: if debian-user was split, a substantial number of questions would be posted in *both* lists. Sorry to be a party pooper, but you did ask for comment :) -- ....................paul "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture." Internet Archive Board Chairman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
