On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 08:52:23PM +0800, David Palmer. wrote: > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:28:52 -0800 "Hereon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > And the people running mixed systems? > I'm running stable and sarge. <SNIP> > If it was to do so, I would recommend the formation of new mailing lists > based on the format of subject type, e.g., a debian-mail list dealing > with associated subject matter, e.g., spamassassin, and clamav, and/or a > debian-networking list, as these two factors provide the majority of the > load upon debian-user at present. But with 13000+ packages (I think it > is), I believe that there will still be a definite requirement for > debian-user and the flexible, general nature that it provides, caters > for, and why it was created in the first place. Debian-user is an > institution for a reason.
I'm with David on this one.
I can see that debian-mail and debian-networking lists might address a
real need, but it seems to me that splitting debian-user up into woody,
sarge and sid (or woody and sarge/sid) would cause at least as many
problems as it would resolve.
Cheers!
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