From: Trans <transfire@...>
Date: 2006-09-06T01:40:18+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-talk, comp.lang.ruby, ruby-talk-google


Phrogz wrote:
> Where does the third fit into the equation?
>
> I browse ruby-talk via the comp.lang.ruby group on Google Groups.
> Barring gateway troubles, I think I see posts by everyone on the
> mailing list. When I post via comp.lang.ruby, I see my posts being
> archived in the ruby-talk archive, appearing in ruby-talk-google, and
> being responded to by those I know use the mailing list.
>
> So it looks to me like ruby-talk and comp.lang.ruby are syncing well
> (on the whole). Why is there a "ruby-talk-google" group on google,
> whose description states:
>
> "This is a mirror list of the offical ruby-talk mailing list. It serves
> as a replacement for the old mail<->news gateway (comp.lang.ruby). It
> exists to provide access to the mailing list via the convenience of
> Google Groups web-based client. (272 members)"
>
> Is it somehow more reliable? Should I be using that instead of
> comp.lang.ruby?

Hi--

I set this up the last time the gateway went down. At that time it
looked like the gateway was going to stay down for good. I prefer the
Google Groups interface so I set up ruby-talk-google to ensure that
capability. Of course, the gateway was eventually restored thanks to
the hard work James Edward Gray II and friends. So now ruby-talk-google
isn't absolutely neccessary, but it does serve as a backup in case the
gateway ever goes down again. And it doesn't really matter which one
you use, since ruby-talk-google just fowards all posts to ruby-talk and
vice-versa.

T.