Stuart Brorson wrote: > Hi -- > >> I wonder if there is a better place to ask simple electronics questions >> like OpAmp behaviour? >> >> I think newsgroup sci.electronics.design is not too bad? > [.........] >> What do you think? > > Just my $0.02. > > I am always pleased by the high level of electronics knowledge > displayed by the folks on this list. The contributions are very > interesting and educational. > > I vote to keep it. Besides the educational value, the great postings > about electronics on geda-user are archived and searchable via > Google. That means that folks who are searching on keywords related > to electronics will come across the gEDA project. The high level of > the disucssions on geda-user serve as great advertising for the > entire gEDA Project.
<thoughtfullPause/> Well, I just found myself on the losing end of a "lets keep it topical" discussion (93% flame-free :) on another list. So I have fresh wounds.... that said... I think the only problem with geda-user, if there is one, is that it covers so much ground. I don't use the simulation tools, for instance, so all of that I quickly delete based on subject. Having dev mixed with the user list is good and bad for reasons already mentioned. If geda-user were split I would probably subscribe to gschem-user, pcb-user, geda-dev, geda-chat (for general electronics and what not) and not geda-sim. So, maybe split the list, but I wouldn't want to chase any of the current posters off. -dave > > FWIW, sci.electronics.* has become a cesspool of spammers and trolls. > Other electronics discussion sites tend towards basic electronics. > For example, sparkfun is a good site, but the discussions are largely > oriented to newbies. Nothing wrong with that, but I'm glad geda-user > serves the needs of newbies as well as experienced engineers. I'd > like to keep it that way. > > Regards, > > Stuart > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user