On 12 Jul 2008, at 01:01, William Kenworthy wrote: > ... > Basicly I know it wont change anything, but it always helps when > someone > points out that your view of the universe isnt the same as everybody > elses ... > > BillK > > * not going to reply to anymore on this topic as "minds are fixed in > cement"
[quoting order rearranged] Well, these comments apply to both sides of the argument, an argument which goes back decades - I certainly remember many posts on Usenet about this subject. The reason I'm going on about this is because I'd like to see a consensus. Sure, like any geek discussing a point, I think my view is the "right" and most logical one. I'd like to see people stop using the - community list for stuff that would be better posted on -device- owners. But if that's never going to happen we might as well let Sean get on with it & delete -device-owners. There must be frikkin' thousands of people subscribed to -community, and we're hearing in these threads from only a handful of them. Please - if you have an opinion, speak up one way or the other. I promise I'll shut up about this if everyone disagrees with me, but if I don't hear from you I will start (or continue, rather) nagging people to post on the "correct" list. > ... >>> For this reason, all my OM emails go to one folder, which defeats >>> the >>> reason for having so many lists >> >> That is YOUR choice. It doesn't defeat the object for anyone else who >> chooses to filter their lists differently. > > From my point of view you are looking at it back to front - you are > forcing me to subscribe and manage multiple mailing lists that overlap > just so I can get a coherent view of OM - why not have two lists as > suggested [-dev and -user] based on broad categories We might as well have only ONE list, in that case, openmoko-everything. > and get the users to filter them ... But how do the users achieve this? It's simply NOT POSSIBLE to filter a single list into two different mailboxes based on message content, whereas it is trivial for the user to filter *openmoko* into a single email mailbox. So if we're going to continue the "you're forcing the burden upon me" argument it is FAR LESS of a burden for those who want to use a single mailbox to filter on their local mail client (a one-off setup procedure) then it is for those who want different topics separated to suffer the clutter and mess of a single list (as this is a continuing, ongoing and otherwise insolvable inconvenience). Stroller. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community