From: Robert Klemme Date: 2004-05-25T20:58:45+09:00 Subject: Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? "Simon Strandgaard" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:20040525133110.2b39b3cc.neoneye@adslhome.dk... > David Alan Black wrote: > [snip] > > I don't know exactly how such a decision would be made, but I figured > > the first step would be to see what people think of such a move (not > > the idea of mirroring per se, but the idea of turning off mirroring in > > light of the fact that it doesn't work). So.... ? I agree that it's a nuisance. Maybe switching off the gateway is the best we can do, but... An alternative that comes to mind would be to automatically put something into the header to let people know from which side the post originated to make them aware that replies are more likely to originate on one or the other side. I'm aware that this won't fix anything and it won't prevent anybody loosing thread answers, but might be a useful hint. Personally I could very well live with switching the mailing list off, but then people have different preferences and I don't really expect the mailing list to disappear. > I used the newsgroup, but it was a terrible mess, replies wasn't mirrored > correct.. etc. In paticular posts from you didn't show up on the newsgroup. > Some time ago I switched to instead using the mailing list, and its much > better. > > I wonder how google does it? > > If the news2mail cannot work in all cases, then don't. > I don't like the inconsistency introduced by partially working systems. Me, too. > A consequence would be that the Ruby socierty are divided in two parts. That is exactly the major issue that keeps me from agreeing unconditionally to the split suggestion. OTOH there is already news, mailing list and IRC. I'd certainly regret losing the input of those people on the other side. *sigh* Kind regards robert PS: David, thanks for bringing this up again and trying to find a solution.