From: Gregory Brown <gregory.t.brown@...>
Date: 2009-06-25T02:43:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Time for a ruby-announce list?

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Rick DeNatale<rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Gregory Brown<gregory.t.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Trans<transfire@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We are seeing a lot or release announcements among the regular posts
>>> these days, taking up a larger and larger percentage of total posts.
>>
>> There already is one:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-community-announcements
>>
>> So far, basically unused.   Easier just to filter on [ANN] tag.
>
>
> So in a year or so this has 26 threads and 28 posts.
>
> I think that that's ample evidence that a separate group isn't a very
> popular idea.
>
> I'm all for keeping the announcements right here thank you.  I already
> have way too many info sources to aggregate already.

I agree.  It seemed like a good idea at the time and didn't catch on.
Since I had to double post all my announcements anyway, its easier
just to set up filters on RubyTalk.

-greg