Quoting MrKiwi mrkiwi@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 thing to have a busy list - as it means that there are more eyeballs looking at just about everything. I browse a lot of things that are posted and although I don't reply to a lot, if I have a suggestion and have time to write it out, I will.
If this list were split into one for each release, then subscribers could choose which email they see. At present, it's all or none, and neither suits me.
My worry would be the increases in cross-posting, and maybe the need for centos-general, but i guess these can mostly be posted to a CentOS(max_version) list.
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!
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. I'll do the same as what I do now. Skim through the subjects (a hint - make your subject useful and more eyeballs will read your post!). What I do care about is people posting random junk and making the signal to noise ratio go down the crapper.
Thats my 2c worth.
I'll see your 2c, and raise you 2c.