> > -some people do not have the bandwith to download 90% uninteresting
> > messages
>
> ??? I think this is relevent for 0.1% of ppl out there.

This is relevant for only 0,1% because people need some bandwidth to 
follow cooker ml, and so, people with low bandwidth are not here.

But, this would also save the bandwidth of the mail server.

> > -cooker is too much a discussion club instead of a technical list.
> > If you post a patch, people are first going to debate whether it is
> > wortwhile of actually trying it.
>
> Debating on the patch is a *good* thing IMHO. After all, we want
> to build a community distro, not only ours.

I fully agree. But, this won't change because we split the list.
I even think that more people will discuss because the discussion will 
be more focused.

> > And the maintainer in question doesn't reply. I hope
>
> Mdk maintainer not answering on this mailing-list is another
> problem, which won't be solved by splitting the ml, for sure.

Not for all, but for some, yes, this will help. Even it doesn't solve 
all problem, if it solves 50%, is is enough.

> > I would even go so far as to propose the list being not freely
> > accessible.
>
> Humbly against that (non free access is frightening by itself).

I agree. 

-- 

Micka�l Scherer


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