Re: splitting up the debian-user mailing list
> > It's getting kind of loud here. I've been thinking of splitting the
> > debian-user list into several lists:
> >
> > debian-user: user discussion
> > debian-install: installation problems
> > debian-novice: newbies are intimidated by other lists, so here's
> > one of their own.
>
> And who's gonna answer their questions? I don't think many maintainers
> will sign for this list.
Hey, don't be so negative about maintainers!
I for one will probably sign on to any novice/install list, although
I have to admit I don't usually know answers to install problems.
I think quite a few maintainers will sign up to novice/install
mailinglists. Also, as debian really is a volunteer efford, I
forsee that a novice today, who possibly was helped very much by
answers to his questions on debian-{novice,install}, would stay
subscribed longer to debian-{novice,install}, to be able to
"pay back" the support he got. At least that's how I see it.
> What we end up with is that people will post their questions
> to both (-user and -install) lists thus only increasing traffic.
What I will end up with is a procmail script that removes any
double-posted questions, thus making sure I don't see any question
sent to me by arrogant users.
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joost witteveen, joostje@debian.org
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