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 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. -- Steven Haigh Email: netwiz at crc.id.au Web: http://www.crc.id.au Phone: (03) 9017 0597 - 0404 087 474