On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 06:17, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Lew Bloch wrote: > > > With eighteen lists to choose from, it's not always easy to know > > which one is canonically "right" for one's question, or which one > > has enough knowledgeable readership to answer one's question. The > > general list is the most general, and for many people might seem the > > best for getting a useful response. > > no, and as the one who first asked about FC3 t1 on this list, i > sincerely regret having started this thread in the wrong place. the > only reason i did it was that i actually did post first to the test > list, didn't see a reply (or any traffic whatever) for a bit of time, > so i tried the general list as plan B. mea culpa. > > there is already increasing traffic on the test list, bug reports, > that sort of thing. so if you have any FC test release-related > postings to make, please, take them to the test list. > > rday > > p.s. i do agree that it would be nice to refine the mailing lists, > in that there should be separate mailing lists for each official > release of FC. having all of that lumped into a single FC general > list is, i think, overly messy. > Why? Yes, this list is high volume. Yes, sometimes it is hard to follow. OTOH, most questions are Linux related and not specific to a single release. Using separate lists would greatly reduce the numbers of assistants who can answer questions and/or may mean no one is available to help if the question is asked on a single list. It is both educational for me and gives me an opportunity to help by being a single list. If it were multiple lists I would not participate in all because of time constraints and the version I use. A loss to me, and likely a loss to others as well.
