From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2006-12-31T02:15:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposal to create a new mailing list

On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 01:39 +0900, James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Daniel Schierbeck wrote:
> 
> > Hello fellow Rubyphilics!
> >
> > As other have remarked, the quality of this list is rapidly  
> > declining --
> > not because of a lack of participation, but rather because of the
> > increase of the same. Each and every question, no matter how  
> > nubish, is
> > answered, which of course is good. But the deep, poignant (no pun
> > intended) discussions seem to have faded in both frequency and  
> > quality.
> >
> > I therefore propose we establish a ruby-experts (or the like) mailing
> > list intended for exactly those discussions.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> 
> Who decides who the experts are?

No-one. Those who join the ruby-experts (I really just used "expert" to
emphasize the higher level of discussion) can discuss topics on an
expert level. Use whatever word you like, the real question here is
whether we want two lists at all, not what their respective names should
be.


Cheers,
Daniel