* David N. Welton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > Ceki G?lc? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Sending a Java related email on announce@apache.org may breach the > > possibly implicit contract between the list and its subscribers. > > However, that seems more like a moral question rather than a > > technical one, in the sense of increased volume. It is hard to > > imagine anyone being upset because of an extra message per month. > > I don't care much for Java either, but on the other hand, I would like > to find a compromise that > > 1) Lets me keep abreast of major developments/interesting things in > other apache projects. > > 2) Doesn't require me to subscribe to another 343432 mailing lists. > > Some sort of compromise of this type would hopefully do a bit towards > "cross-pollination" efforts, which I presume are something we value? > > Maybe what is needed is an editor for an 'ASF news' mail which lists > the month's highlights. Not volunteering, sorry! > Why the obsession with email? We have a (pretty good ;-) ) webserver. Why don't we have a web page? www.apache.org/news/monthly or something. http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/ by way of prior art. Update that page, and send the letter to a *dedicated* list if so desired. Judoing a non-related list into handling this is not the right approach.
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