On May 27, 2009, at 9:22 AM, James Carlson wrote: > > On that second point, it seems like the community consensus for (a) is > that we should just paste a big "this is dead now" sticker on the > front and leave everything alone rather than deleting anything, and, > assuming that isn't possible, then for (b) there should be some sort > of dead project archive where these can be moved rather than deleting > them.
Whether it's an active group or an archive, they both require management and maintenance, something that has been largely absent heretofore. There are lots of ideas, but unless those ideas include a realistic goal for both managing and maintaining the archives as well as the active content, they aren't going to do much other than move the cruft from one corner to another which would seem to miss the point. There needs to be a firm policy with people willing and able to do the job without being hobbled by the fear or encumbrance of having to take every action to a committee. Without those, you may as well just have another fun thread about mailing list subscriptions, wildard whitelists and spam for all the good it will do. e.
