Are 'dev' and 'users' mailing lists sufficient? (was Re: [mythtv-users] Talking to more than one backend)

Maverick mavantix at gmail.com
Wed Jan 12 15:58:08 EST 2005


Getting users to preface the subject would be next to impossible.

I would definitely like a read only announce list. Would be great to
get an email as soon as the latest version is out. I'm always in favor
of overwriting my working setup for the latest and greatest! :)


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:39:25 -0600, Chris Delis <cedelis at uillinois.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:03:28AM -0600, Andrew Close wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:43:50 +0000, Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie> wrote:
> > > we have two mailing lists
> > >
> > > dev and users
> > >
> > > maybe it is time to go for some finer granularity
> > >
> > > install - issues installing the software
> > > announce - annoucement of new releases
> > > bugs - posting of bugs/fixes
> > > hardware - issues with hardware
> > > discuss - general discussion/fluff
> > > software - issues running the software
> > >
> > > comments please
> >
> > instead of creating multiple lists maybe it could be requested of
> > posters to tag the subject of their email with the above tags.  ie,
> > <install> - compile issue with current CVS...  or <hardware> - when
> > will we see drivers for PVR-500? ;)
> 
> Or, perhaps just ask users to be a little bit descriptive in their
> subject headings? :-)
> 
> --Chris
> 
> >
> > then users of the list could just filter based on the subject tags.
> > it wouldn't be perfect, but it wouldn't require everyone to subscribe
> > to multiple lists or have to deal with cross-list posts as much.
> >
> > just my $.02
> > :)
> >
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