[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-16 Thread Ted Kosan
John wrote: > Did you reply to User 1 trying to convince him/her to try again but to > use sage-support? As Sage does actually provide amazingly good > support )via this list for example) it would be a great pity if false > rumours to the contrary were to spread. I just emailed him and explaine

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-16 Thread Ted Kosan
David wrote: > > (1) send an email to both sage-forum and sage-newbie announcing that > > the lists will be closed, and all people signed up for them should instead > > sign up for sage-support, > > Done. I did not see a "list closing" email on the sage-newbie list. Did I miss it? If not,

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread kcrisman
As a very minor note, for completeness http://www.sagemath.org/lists.html should be changed as well. > > > > > How exactly do you close a google group? Sounds like the recent closing a Facebook entry controversy... -kcrisman --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread David Joyner
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:26 PM, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > How exactly do you close a google group? > > > > I just changed the list settings so that only "managers can post", which > is just > > you and me. That should be good enough. > > We should also edit the

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread mabshoff
> > > How exactly do you close a google group? > > I just changed the list settings so that only "managers can post", which is > just > you and me. That should be good enough. We should also edit the welcome messages for those two groups to point people to -support and -devel. While someone i

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread William Stein
On Feb 15, 2008 3:19 PM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:08 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Feb 15, 2008 2:58 PM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTE

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread David Joyner
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:08 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 15, 2008 2:58 PM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 15, 2008 2:31 PM, Marshall Hampton <[EMAIL

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread William Stein
On Feb 15, 2008 2:58 PM, David Joyner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Feb 15, 2008 2:31 PM, Marshall Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I agree that two lists are better than four - sage-support an

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread David Harvey
On Feb 15, 2008, at 5:37 PM, William Stein wrote: > > On Feb 15, 2008 2:31 PM, Marshall Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I agree that two lists are better than four - sage-support and sage- >> devel should be enough. >> > > I strongly agree. I would like us to have only sage-support and

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread David Joyner
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 15, 2008 2:31 PM, Marshall Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I agree that two lists are better than four - sage-support and sage- > > devel should be enough. > > > > I strongly agree. I would like

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread William Stein
On Feb 15, 2008 2:31 PM, Marshall Hampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree that two lists are better than four - sage-support and sage- > devel should be enough. > I strongly agree. I would like us to have only sage-support and sage-devel, and close all the other lists. -- William --~--

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread Marshall Hampton
I agree that two lists are better than four - sage-support and sage- devel should be enough. -M. Hampton On Feb 15, 4:14 pm, Simon King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear John, dear Ted, > > On Feb 15, 10:59 pm, "John Cremona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I agree. It would be different if Sa

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread Simon King
Dear John, dear Ted, On Feb 15, 10:59 pm, "John Cremona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree.  It would be different if Sage were centralised with a boss > who could assign certain people the task of looking after newbies. +1 I sometimes wondered whether i should better submit my questions to s

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread mabshoff
On Feb 15, 10:59 pm, "John Cremona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree. It would be different if Sage were centralised with a boss > who could assign certain people the task of looking after newbies. > > Did you reply to User 1 trying to convince him/her to try again but to > use sage-support

[sage-support] Re: sage-newbie list and sage-support list

2008-02-15 Thread John Cremona
I agree. It would be different if Sage were centralised with a boss who could assign certain people the task of looking after newbies. Did you reply to User 1 trying to convince him/her to try again but to use sage-support? As Sage does actually provide amazingly good support )via this list for