[CentOS] New lists

[John Summerfield]

Steven Haigh wrote:
> Quoting MrKiwi <mrkiwi at gmail.com>:
>> John Summerfield wrote:
>>> I don't understand the current rationale for a single CentOS users' 
>>>  list; probably in times past it was sensible, but I think the time 
>>>  has come for splitting the list by release.
>>>
>>> I'm speaking from my own perspective, but I'm sure others have  
>>> similar stories. How many users use all CentOS releases?
>> I totally agree John - as CentOS gets more popular i too have found
>> myself using 'Mark folder as Read' too often.
> 
> This is a good thing. I've just left the Fedora Core mailing lists 
> (users & devel) and the traffic didn't bother me at all. It's a great 

Not everyone can have such a fine Internet connexion.


> 
> Splitting by version is usually a bad idea. It causes things to split, 
> people post the wrong version information to the wrong lists and it 
> becomes a PITA. Hell, I've noticed enough people whinge and moan about 
> top posting... Imagine that on someone posting a v5 question to a v4 list!

I thought it worked very well indeed with Red Hat Linux. I note that Red 
Hat continues with that plan with RHEL.


> 
>> A point that may mitigate the need to act now: I have seen the volume
>> of mail surge about t-2_months before the launch of v5 - and i wasnt
>> here for the launch of 4.0 -> 4.4, but would you not expect a lot of
>> noise to dissipate soon now we are t+2_weeks?
> 
> This depends on your definition of noise. As long as the posts are 
> CentOS related, I wouldn't care if there was 100 or 1000 posts per day. 

1000 posts/day would certainly see me out. You're an obvious candidate 
to remain on all lists. I'm battling with my modem's load right now, I'm 
looking to cull what's less important.



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