[D-community-offtopic] A Debian -offtopic mailing list: to be or not to be

[Andrei Popescu]

On Ma, 01 mar 11, 14:57:54, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> Memnon Anon:
> > Brad Rogers <brad at fineby.me.uk> writes:
> > 
> >>> This list doesn't hurt anyone and can be useful.
> >> 
> >> Whilst undoubtedly true, it does involve taking time to administer the
> >> list.  If Andrei feels that time could be better spent on other tasks,
> >> then so be it.
> > 
> > Thats an interesting point.
> > 
> > Andrei: How much time is there actually involved in keeping the list
> > running? 

Currently close to zero, that's no the problem.

> IMO, it's not only about maintenance effort. Every mailing list is
> offered by Debian hoping that it provides a valuable *service*. A
> mailing list that nobody actually uses is a bad service, in my opinion.
 
That, and it also feels wasteful to have a list that nobody uses, except 
the occasional spammer. BTW, does anyone know how one can clean spam 
from lists.alioth.d.o archives?

> But then again, it's not that anybody wastes hours trying to get
> valuable information from on offtopic list.

:)

> A passionate argument means more to me than a blockbuster movie.
> [Agree]   [Disagree]

Agree :)

Regards,
Andrei
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