From: Hans Fugal <fugalh@...>
Date: 2004-05-28T21:59:07+09:00
Subject: Re: separating ruby-talk from comp.lang.ruby? (please no!)

Some people like myself don't have the time or inclination to be 
subscribed to YAHVML (yet another high-volume mailing list), but would 
like to participate and/or lurk on a semiregular basis. The newsgroup, 
however imperfect, is perfect for this. A mailing list, archives or no, 
is not. So my vote is keep the newsgroup!

David Alan Black 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.... ?
> 
> 
> David
>