From: Carlos Date: 2004-05-25T22:01:13+09:00 Subject: Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? [David Alan Black , 2004-05-25 14.28 CEST] > Carlos writes: > > > [David Alan Black , 2004-05-25 13.23 CEST] > > > Hi -- > > > > > > Given that the gateway between ruby-talk and comp.lang.ruby is still > > > not working consistently, I'm wondering whether it's time to turn off > > > the gateway entirely and separate the two groups. It seems to me that > > > partial mirroring is worse than no mirroring. > > > > > > Dennis (the maintainer) has tried to analyze and fix the problem, but > > > it appears to be downstream from his system somewhere. I guess it's > > > possible to investigate further, but at this point it may be pretty > > > hard, and meanwhile the unofficial split between the list and the > > > newsgroup continues to grow. I think it might be better to make it > > > official. > > > > > > 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.... ? > > > > The solution is to repair the mirror, not to give up. > > Ummm, OK. Any suggestions? Not really. I don't even know what the problem is. Maybe the mantainer can make the logs and other information accessible, so people will be able to help or give suggestions.