Allison sent me this reply:
> On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:42 AM, Allison Randal wrote:
> James E Keenan wrote:
> > Does this mean that the newsgroup perl.perl6.internal on
nntp.perl.org is dying as well?
> > If so, I think that will be a real loss. I vastly prefer the news
interface to a mailing list for following such groups.
> I set up the Google Group, because I know a number of people are
using it. Can I see a show of hands of people who are only using NNTP
and would have difficulty switching to a regular email subscription or
Google Group? (I can't send to a newsgroup from my email client, so Jim,
could you forward this on?)
> > And I wish this had been discussed publicly before this announcement!)
> I mentioned it on #parrotsketch and other places.
> It's part of the general migration away from perl.org infrastructure.
> Allison
