Re: [AD] Alternate maling list host?

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On May 18, 2005 06:52 am, Elias Pschernig wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 13:38 +0100, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz wrote:
> > On 2005-05-18, Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > One con argument I can give is that of mailinglist continuity:
> > > ideally, one would never switch the mailinglist address. Of course,
> > > we already switched away from canvaslink a couple of years ago.
> >
> > The problem with a switch is when people are unaware of the switch
> > and the URL or email address disappears completely. Allegro 4.0.x has
> > existed for long with pointers to the current SF mailing lists. But
> > the switch should be less tragic than from Tom's mailing list,
> > because the SF mailing lists will still be online forever (or as
> > long as the main web page remains at SF too).
> >
> > If you decide to move somewhere else, we announce it here. Then,
> > every month we post a message like "if you are reading this, please
> > continue at http://xxxx";. And if somebody posts without subscribing
> > or reading the archives, I'll (anyway have to) care of them.
>
> The monthly reminder is a good idea - so if someone is subscribed to the
> old list, but misses the switch, and is still interested in Allegro
> development, that person will switch.
>
> My other doubts against switching are all speculative, like Allegro
> developers stopping to do coding and discussing only about mailing lists
> instead, or the SF service suddenly gets better, or Thomas' service gets
> as bad as SF's (well, the latter is probably impossible :P).
>

heh. Well, as I suggested, if we just transfre the currenc subscriber list 
over, noone would have to miss the transition.

-- 
Thomas Fjellstrom
tfjellstrom@xxxxxxxxxx




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