On Sun, 25 May 2003 23:03:36 +0200, Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm perplexed about the mailing list request about Exim. >On one hand, exim is an important package, and there are already ample >precedents like debian-apache, debian-ssh and debian-tetex-maint; >but on the other hand, there's alioth.debian.org which allows for easier >creation and maintenance of per-package mailing lists.
Please note that the mailing list request was filed months ago - well before alioth went into service - and that your e-mail is the first reaction to the bug report filed. We actually discussed on the internal exim mailing list whether to move the existing mailing list to alioth and decided against doing so for lack of a web archive. Anyway, the major work on exim 4 packaging is done, the mailing list we used because we didn't hear a single word of reaction to bug #166357 has seen about 900 messages in four months. I seriously doubt that a debian-exim mailing list is needed any more after the major packaging effort has been almost completely finished. If Debian would like to offer mailing lists for internal projects, response time to requests needs to be MUCH faster. At the current state of affairs, the time spent with writing the request has been a total waste. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29