Hi Eric, Personally, I can think of only one argument against retiring the announce mailing list: the audience of the announce list can differ significantly from the one for the general list (which is basically seen as a kind of developer / faq list). There used to be other channels as well, for trainings, events etc. But these seem to be hardly used lately. Using separate list for each of these enables people to more easily single such messages out, or even skip the noise from the general list altogether.
I'd welcome though of any kind of news being posted to the general list as well, though distinguishable as David suggests. Important news is more likely to catch attention if posted on multiple channels.. Kind regards, Geert Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens Eric Bloch Verzonden: dinsdag 1 maart 2011 22:28 Aan: General MarkLogic Developer Discussion CC: [email protected] Onderwerp: [MarkLogic Dev General] Retiring the MarkLogic Developer 'announce' mailing list... Hey Folks, I'm interested in feedback on our retiring the announce list ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). It seems to me that most of the 'announce' style activity takes place via blogs and twitter (for those who don't know, I tweet on MarkLogic Developer community stuff via my handle, @eedeebee). On occasion, I do send a note to the [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> list that is basically an announcement, yet it is usually just a copy (with a link back) to something I've put up at http://developer.marklogic.com/blog If we are to retire the announce list, then I believe we'd need to be accepting of receiving announcements on the general development. This would include informational posts but could also be include posts like related job openings. If you have interest in this decision, please chime in with whether you'd support or discourage a) retiring the announce list b) allowing general announcement posts (like job descriptions, conferences, and so on) on the [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> list As a reminder, the [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> list still requires you to be a member of the list in order to send to it. (Strictly speaking, email can come in from outside, but it's moderated first, by me). Best, Eric
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