-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 02:28:52AM -0800, Hereon wrote: > 1) The Debian user community is substantially suboptimally served > with the existence of the current debian-user list.
Howso? If you're going to make those claims, back it up. > 2) The debian-user list is _unnecessarily_ overtrafficked, > [due to it being the most likely place to ask user questions, and find > answers, regarding both Stable(Woody), and > Testing/Unstable(Sarge/Sid)] > which causes several problems for the Debian community: > a) Wasted mental effort discerning which version a message > pertains to, > b) Wasted mental effort searching for information on either > Woody or Sarge/Sid in the (currently) combined list. What justifies making it harder to find the right mailing list, and having to change up to a different mailing list with each version? Why limit the number of people who would read your message who might be able to help? > 3) The Debian community would be much better served > a) by the creation now of two new mailing lists, called: > 1) debian-user-woody, or possibly debian-user-stable, > or possibly debian-user-3 > 2) debian-user-sarge, or possibly debian-user-sid, > or possibly debian-user-sargesid, > or debian-user-testing, or possibly debian-user-unstable, > or possibly debian-user-testingunstable, > or possibly debian-user-4, > b) and, perhaps, by deactivating debian-user. Again, if you're going to make such an incredible claim, back it up. > 1) The repeated need for QUESTION ASKERS to specify which of the two > versions their question refers to. So? > 2) The repeated need for READERS to be constantly alert as to which of > the two versions each message is referring to. So? > 3) The difficluty of being unable to easily FIND INFORMATION in the list > archives relevant to a topic on which you want some information/data. Google is your friend. > These problems could be eliminated, and no new long term problems more > serious than the current situation would occur, through the creation of > two new mailing lists, perhaps called > debian-user-woody and debian-user-sarge, > and perhaps by deactivating the current debian-user list. No, the consequences of these could be reduced by following some common-sense guidelines. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : `. `'` proud Debian admin and user `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/y1RmUzgNqloQMwcRAih3AJ9SKcmsamArqsyefJgWY5Jsaz7nAgCgiA08 DOa7fOE66RhIfVCrzxGYjYg= =T8LU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
