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. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list