From: Jason Creighton <androflux@...>
Date: 2004-05-28T21:58:56+09:00
Subject: Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby?

On 25 May 2004 04:20:51 -0700, 
David Alan Black <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:

> 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.... ?

My 2 cents:

I think mirroring the newsgroup and the mailing list is great. Just
wonderful. But given that the mirroring isn't working very well, one of
the following should be done:

1. Fix the current setup. Obviously, this has been tried, so I'm not
holding out much hope on this one.

2. Pull the plug on the current setup and try some other mail-news
gateway software. (I haven't looked, but there's probably tons of them
floating around the net.)

So, if (1) isn't going to work for us, perhaps it would be best to make
the split offcial until we[1] can fix it.

[1] I mean, of course, anybody but me. I don't have a suitable machine
available, otherwise I might give it a shot.

Jason Creighton