I would support refreshing those descriptions to reflect their use more clearly, as Yamil points out.
On Wednesday, January 14, 2015, Yamil Suarez <ysua...@berklee.edu> wrote: > I am OK with the deletion of the "evergreen-admin". Part of my reason > is that it is not getting as much use as I would have expected. Before > this "evergreen-admin" list existed and while I was a new to the EG > community, I was often not sure if I should post my sysadmin questions > in the general or the developer list, or both. If we do eliminate the > "evergreen-admin," I would love to see a word or two added to the list > descriptions to make it more clear where sysadmin question would be > most welcomed. > > > Currently the descriptions are.... > > ------------------ > General Mailing List > > Evergreen General Discussion List > > This is the general-topic, (usually) non-technical list for the > Evergreen community — Evergreen users, librarians, library workers, > library users, developers, fellow travelers, or people just plain > curious about Evergreen. As of October, 2008, this list had over 500 > members. Its traffic is moderate. > > General means general. Posts range from discussions about possible new > features to quick questions about implementation. There is no such > thing as a “dumb” question or comment for the Evergreen general list. > If you’re thinking the question, chances are, you’re in good company. > Ask, and you give other members of the Evergreen community an > opportunity to share their growing knowledge. > > > > --------------- > > Technical Lists > > Evergreen Development Discussion List > > This list is for patches and technical discussions about Evergreen and > OpenSRF development. Messages and responses are often in the shorthand > common to this culture. > > > Just my two cents, > Yamil > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Michael Peters <mpet...@emeralddata.net > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > Just my 2 cents, but I've always felt IRC was the best place to reach > other > > sys-admins for advice. I can't recall ever posting to the mailing list > > about a system administration issue. I know there are so many active > > sys-admins on the IRC that I think the response is likely to be quicker > > there. > > > > I'm also more apt to answer a question I see in IRC. I'm not sure I'm > even > > subscribed to anything other than Dev and General. > > > > Michael Peters > > Senior Systems Analyst > > Emerald Data Networks, Inc. > > Phone: 678.302.3000 x1013 > > Help Desk: 678.302.3000 x1500 > > www.emeralddata.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org <javascript:;> > > [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org > <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of > > Galen Charlton > > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 12:43 PM > > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Motion to deactivate the > "evergreen-admin" > > mailing list > > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 4:02 PM, Chris Sharp < > csh...@georgialibraries.org <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > >> In my view, the Evergreen-Admin list duplicates the purpose of this, > >> the General list, in that the General list serves as an all-purpose > >> venue for (non-development related) technical help in running > >> Evergreen. If you agree, please +1, otherwise, please state your case > >> for keeping it. ;-) > > > > 0. > > > > A dedicated list for Evergreen sysadmins could work in principle, but of > > course requires that folks actually answer questions posted to it. > > Since the list was created, there's been long periods where it has been > > mostly ignored, either passively or actively, and I think it long ago > > reached the point where reluctance to use it has self-fulfilled a > prophecy > > that it would not be used. > > > > Regards, > > > > Galen > > -- > > Galen Charlton > > Manager of Implementation > > Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts > > email: g...@esilibrary.com <javascript:;> > > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > > cell: +1 404-984-4366 > > skype: gmcharlt > > web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ > > Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & > > http://evergreen-ils.org > > > > -- > > > > -------------------------------- > > Yamil Suarez, MCS > Library System Administrator/Developer > > Stan Getz Library > Berklee College of Music > 1140 Boylston St > Boston, MA 02215 > > ysua...@berklee.edu <javascript:;> > 617-747-2617 > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>