Re: POLL: Split the List?
Hi Dan
I vote a big NO WAY to splitting up the list.
Although the list gets a bit of traffic, I don't think there is enough to
justify splitting
things up. My experience of split lists / forums is that many people
constantly post
to the wrong list and you end up with list posting policemen......who often
get
accused of offtopic posts too!
I personally find much of interest in many of the posts that revolve around
other
platforms. I can understand that Jiri probably feels less than overwhelmed
with the
current discussions revolving around Windows. It is a fact of life though
that
Windows *is* a big deal. I think the Windows projects being discussed are a
good thing. That doesn't mean I love M$ Windows. I don't! I do like though
that there is a group of people working to make life using it a little
easier.
The problem for Jiri I suspect is that many of us just don't cut the mustard
coding wise. I wouldn't like to see Jiri and others maroon themselves on DOS
island. I may not have the knowledge to get involved in the algorithmic cut
and thrust but I do enjoy reading it!
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan B Moyer" <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 1:02 PM
Subject: POLL: Split the List?
> Ok:
> 1. For informational purposes, who all wants to split the list up?
>
> 2. And: Can we?
>
> I like Ray's suggestions (below), except that I think we should probably
> keep this list as [DOS] and *add* [GEN], [WIN], and [LIN], because
Robert
> once said it was difficult to get the name changed. But of course a
> question is, can we get new lists?
>
> Ray said:
> "If" new lists are to be created there should be one for each Euphoria
> platform.
>
> Dos,
> Windows, and
> Linux
>
> with this current list kept for generic discussion and "major"
annoncements
> from any platform.
>
> For example,
> If I finished a project (probably never happen!!!) I would post a message
> to the main list. If I had problems/small changes/bug fixes etc I would
> post to the appropriate platform list.
>
> The question really becomes ... would most people subscribe to all the
> lists?
>
> If the answer is ... most people would ... maybe we should have a posting
> standards where [WIN] [DOS] [LIN] [GEN] (like the archive) should be in
the
> subject line to easily allow people to filter appropriate messages.
>
> This standard should then be added to the Welcome message sent to a new
> user
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