On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:36:14PM -0700, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > Why should Debian developers spend the time setting up infrastructure > for lists or IRC channels that, by definition even, have nothing to do > with the Debian project? If the people who enjoy holding these Compared to the current situation the -offtopic list would reduce the resources spent by the Debian project[*], but with added benefits: 1. No need to archive the posts. -user is currently archived entirely. 2. Decrease traffic on -user not only by the amount off-topic messages, but also by the amount of "stop the off-topic" messages. 3. Increase the quality of the -user list and make it more accessible for both new users and DDs. > off-topic discussions on debian-user want a place for them, maybe > those > people should set up and maintain that place themselves. Or how about > using this one? > > http://forums.debian.net/viewforum.php?f=3 People choose mailinglists over forums for various reasons. I don't think I need to explain them here. [*] Companies have long time ago found out that you also need to do "off-topic" stuff for your employees. At my workplace I have a dedicated budget just for staff parties. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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