On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:35:09AM +0100, Malcolm Wallace wrote: > > Yes, the sheer volume of posts is definitely becoming a problem (for me, > at least).
The Haskell lists are quite peculiarly named; the haskell@ list is pretty much what would be haskell-announce@ anywhere else, and haskell-cafe@ what would be haskell@ elsewhere. A haskell-cafe@ list elsewhere would probably be where the haskell@ people discuss things which aren't actually related to Haskell (like e.g. the demon.local newsgroup). I think the number of posts in the wrong place would be lower if these were more conventionally named (although there aren't a lot of them anyway). I think it would make sense to: * Rename haskell@ to haskell-announce@, and redirect mails from haskell@ to haskell-announce@ for some period. * After that, rename haskell-cafe@ to haskell@ in a similar manner. * At any point, create [EMAIL PROTECTED] This would have the advantage that people might not be so intimidated at making their first post here, and posts wouldn't be answered with category theory or scary type extensions. The disadvantages are that it makes an artificial barrier (when is someone ready to post to haskell@ instead?) and it doesn't split the discussion up by topic (if you want to see all the discussion about X, you need to follow both lists so you have the same amount of mail to read). I'm not sure if this is a good idea. * At any point, create topic-specific lists, e.g. a list for discussion type system extensions (not sure if that's a good one, as often an extension is the /answer/ to a question "how do I do foo?"). This needs people to work out which lists would allow us to make a significant dent to the haskell-cafe traffic. Thanks Ian, also drowning _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe