on Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 02:28:52AM -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. > > Summary: > > 1) The Debian user community is substantially suboptimally served > with the existence of the current debian-user list.
Bollox.
Your demonstration and proof are ... nil.
> 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
There is an existing "debian-testing" list. It sees, substantially, no
traffic.
http://lists.debian.org/stats/debian-testing.png
http://lists.debian.org/stats/debian-user.png
Similar problems exist for trying to create 'noob' lists. It's the
blind-leading-the-blind problem, with experts not choosing to
participate. There is a similar problem in IRC with #debian and
#knoppix lists (nobody wants to support #knoppix...).
There's also the small issue of your nomencalture, which would require
creating (and retiring) lists on each Debian release.
Generally, geographic localization seems to be a better basis for
partitioning lists -- you tend to get folks you've met face to face, and
are in (respectively) beer-buying, or bat-wielding, range.
> 4) This message is requesting:
> 1) Comment regarding specific suggestions of how the situation
> could be inproved through the creation of 1 or more additional
> lists to augment or replace debian-user,
Given current evidence, none.
> 2) "Seconds" (to the motion) for the request of these changes.
Move to table.
I see this proposal as groundless, misguided, redundant, and harmful.
I oppose it.
Peace.
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