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Re: Bug#104021: New List Request: debian-guile



>>>>> "JL" == James LewisMoss <jimdres@mindspring.com> writes:

    Evan> I'm skeptical. Is there enough in common between the
    Evan> multiple (>5?)  Scheme implementations in Debian, that it
    Evan> would make sense to coordinate the effort?

    JL> They can share scheme only libraries (slib for one, there are
    JL> others).

Are you really interested in MAKING this happen, or are you just
stating that it COULD happen? I have a feeling that you're just
postulating this theoretical possibility to make some kind of obscure
point.

    Evan> Why don't we wait until there ARE lists like debian-bigloo,
    Evan> debian-mzscheme, debian-mitscheme, etc., to consolidate,
    Evan> before we prematurely consolidate them?

    JL> Because it's easier to do this now than later.

Ah yes! But it's that much easier again to not do it at all --
especially if it's not necessary, expedient, or useful.

    JL> Do you actually think there will be enough traffic on a
    JL> debian-guile mailing list to actually make creating a new
    JL> mailing list a good thing?

I can state unequivocally that there will be as much traffic as on
the majority of other debian-* mailing lists.

Anyways, I still am unconvinced of the necessity for a pan-scheme
mailing list.  I see the collection of interests around Guile to be
more cohesive, and to have more potential for discussion, than the
collection of interests around all Scheme implementations.

~ESP

-- 
Evan Prodromou
evan@debian.org



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