On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Dan Drake <dr...@kaist.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 at 12:56AM -0700, Robert Bradshaw wrote: >> On Mar 17, 2010, at 11:46 PM, Nick Alexander wrote: > [...] >> >Yes. This post contains nothing "actionable". >> >> Actually, I think all such posts belong on sage-release; all 1000+ >> subscribers to sage-devel don't need to know every time Sage alpha X >> builds or brakes on system Y. (Of course, these replies are invaluable >> for the release manager, so I don't want to discourage people from >> sending them in.) Fortunately all such posts usually occur in one >> thread, so I can delete them in bulk when they show up on sage-devel. > > I agree with Nick, that Dave's post was not terrifically informative, > and that such reports would be best on sage-release -- and also that > there has been a lot of Solaris-related posts on sage-devel recently. > But did that warrant creating a new mailing list,
We have: * sage-windows: the list for Sage Windows porting * debian-sage: the list for Sage Debian packaging I have been receiving regular off list complaints from people that there are too many Solaris posts (as explained above). It is only natural to create: * sage-solaris: the primary list for Solaris porting discussion. > and also prompting, someone who has done an enormous amount > of work on Sage to leave? Absolutely nobody suggested or asked David Kirkby to leave. If anything, this is probably a typical illustration of how communication in email sucks versus face-to-face. Fortunately, we're all mature adults here. > With a good mailreader and other tools, it's very easy to > ignore/filter/delete posts that one does not want to read. I'm surprised > and confused that this issue apparently boils down to "too much email", > and think it's a shame that Dave left over this. Of course only David can speak for his own motives, but do you really think David is quitting because of me creating a sage-solaris mailing list? -- William -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
