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Subject: Re: Can we get back to the original theme??
To: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo)
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 20:00:24 +0100 (MET)
Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, FreeBSD-hackers@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199603010741.IAA01551@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from "Luigi Rizzo" at Mar 1, 96 08:41:49 am
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> > I'll save you from counting - that's 22 mailing lists one might post
> > to, and certainly room for many different types of discussion.  Wanna
> 
> The problem is that they are too many, and some are overlapping.
> As an example, -hackers in my mind covers many of the specialized
> lists (-arch, -fs, etc.).  I don't believe it's wise to add a new
> list for each part of the system (or we should have -samba, -tcpip,
> -nfs, -video...).
> 
> Probably it would be not a bad idea to try to reduce the number of
> lists to a manageable number, otherwise people will keep using the
> most popular ones (-questions, -current, -hackers...). I am often
> in doubt on which list to use, and I end up with either -hackers
> or -questions
> 
> 	Luigi

I plead guilty to using the same tactic. It's just that a -politics
should cover most of the volume recently seen on -hackers.

Tiring...

Wilko
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