Hello Eric,
I had missed the list, but like many others didn't know what to do about it. Eventually I
e-mailed Tom Livingstone, and found he was in a similar position.
I would be sorry to see the list depart. It has several advantages over its
'rivals':
1. Response is incredibly quick
2. Respondents are keen to help, not to deride one's 'ignorance' or score points
3. The advice is relevant
4. It's more accessible (no browser required).
Ultimately the decision is yours, of course. I have no idea how much of your time it takes.
Maybe it can be left to run itself much of the time, and we can all do our share of keeping
stuff on topic etc.
Best Wishes,
Tim Dawson
On 23/12/2015 20:35, Eric A. Meyer wrote:
Hi, everyone,
So apparently the list software died back in October, and none of us really
noticed until
this month. Or, if people noticed, nobody mentioned it until this month. It
took a while to
get in touch with someone who could get the software restarted, but I'm told
it's back up. If
you're reading this, then yes, it's back up.
This hiatus and its lack of observance has led me to wonder about the
utility of
css-discuss, and whether it needs to continue. There are a lot of other venues
for discussing
CSS these days, and most of the reason for this list existing-- to help people
figure out how
CSS worked, and fix problems-- is covered much more compellingly by sites like
StackOverflow.
The resources that used to support css-d, like the public archive and the wiki,
have fallen into
disuse or disrepair over the years. In general, there's a faded feeling here,
at least for me.
Thus, I'm now pondering three courses of action:
1. Shut down the list. To all good things, etc. This obviously abandons
those who still
prize having a mailing list, but that number seems very small. Almost all the
discussion in the
months leading up to the hiatus was conducted between a small number of
subscribers. Of course,
a new list could be started by someone else.
2. Hand the list off to someone else, to guide as they see fit. This
involves the very
difficult task of finding someone who's interested, and making a good choice.
This is the least
appealing of the three, honestly, because of the possibility of getting things
wrong.
3. Convert the list from "Practical discussions of CSS and its use" to more
general
discussion about anything CSS-related. That would include theoretical musings,
discussion of
what CSS should or shouldn't be, where it should go in the future, the general
theory of CSS,
and so on. I'm less inclined to go this route, as there are other places to
grapple with the
deeper issues of CSS (like www-style, not to mention blogs and social media).
At this point, perhaps due to pride and ego but perhaps simply due to feeling
that the time has
come, I'm leaning toward option 1. January 24, 2016, will be the 14th
anniversary of the list.
That leaves a month to either settle on a different course of action, or else
to plan a shutdown.
If anyone has strong feelings that it should be one of the other two
options, or a fourth
option I didn't list, feel free to let me know off-list. I may not be able to
respond to every
message, but I will read them all. I expect to make a final decision on or
before January 10,
2016. Whatever I decide, I'll announce it here.
--
Eric A. Meyer - http://meyerweb.com/
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