From: Gavin Sinclair Date: 2002-09-29T18:55:59+09:00 Subject: Re: announce@ == less email (FAQ item?) From: "Hal E. Fulton" > From: "Ryan Davis" > > > ZenTest and ZenWeb were just released. I announced these to several > > lists including this one. I'm sure many of you got multiple copies. I > > admit that is annoying. These releases announce my LAST announcements > > to ruby-talk@. I'll be announcing only to announce@rubynet.org. I urge > > every developer releasing ruby scripts, modules, or anyone having > > ruby-related events to use this as your primary means of announcing > > your information. It will cut down on volumes of email that we get and > > make it easier to focus on the work at hand. > > > 2) Can we get this link added to the FAQ(s)? > > I'll add it to the comp.lang.ruby FAQ if > you wish. I'll list it as a possibility > for people who wish to make announcements. > But these will be read only by the people > reading that list, not on the main Ruby > mailing list or the newsgroup. > > I, for one, will continue announcing to > ruby-talk (not that I have ever made many > announcements); and I hope that everyone > else will also. I don't want to subscribe > to yet another mailing list, and I don't > want to miss announcements either. I too question the value of a separate list. Announcements don't take up much room in this list. There's no need for duplicate emails: just send them all to ruby-talk. I can't conceive of anybody wanting to read announcements only. If they're not subscribed here, they're probably not into mailing lists. Also, what happens to follow-up discussion of announcements? I don't mind the announcements disappearing, per se. As long as they get reported in the Weekly News. > My personal opinion is that the announcements > are some of the most interesting and relevant > material on the list. > > What I do wish we could get rid of are the > posts by people who think they can improve > Ruby by dragging it in a direction other > than what Matz has in mind, i.e., by making > it more like Java or COBOL or whatever. > These are what really make me tired. Even > more so than the occasional spam email we get. That's a bit harsh. I agree it's a bit irritating, but only a bit, and it's natural. If we had some good documents (FAQ? Wiki?) summarising the discussions, they could be used to stop repeating them ... again. They'd be interesting documents too. > Hal Gavin