Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 28 May 1996 08:46:53 +0200 | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: majordomo problems? |
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aeb: > But can anybody explain why the linux-kernel mailing list > (that has so much traffic that not many people will like to get it > in their mailbox) and the linux.dev.kernel newsgroup > (that is `nonstandard' and not carried at many sites) > aren't replaced by comp.os.linux.development.kernel ?
Alan: Because then we would have to create some new mail lists that were not full of junk cros posts and flame wars. Linux-kernel has got to the point where the serious work is being done in secret little mailing lists, let alone the state of usenet.
Right now there is no difference between a usenet group and the linux-kernel mailing list. Comparing volume at my site:
comp/os/linux/development/system: 307 articles linux/dev/kernel: 656 articles
The state of comp/os/linux/development/system concerning flames and the like is not worse than that of linux/dev/kernel - it may be better - I have not seen any discussions about the speed of light there. Already now the real work is done in mail between few people. I cannot see any reason not to make linux/dev/kernel an ordinary news group.
Andries
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