I think there is still a benefit to having the list. I don't really mind the off topic stuff and if I don't want to read it then I won't. I have learned some interesting things from the stuff that gets posted here. I've learned stuff about Audio/Video Factory and composing commands etc that I wouldn't otherwise have learned from the forums alone. There are also other users here who offer support on the list but aren't on the forums.
> On Sat, 2016-05-14 at 00:38 +0100, Peter S Kirk wrote: > > > > Stop the OT poltical campainging posts: > > "Over 275,000 of us signed an emergency petition to keep the BBC > > independent" > > > > List is for GiP discussion and help ONLY. > > > > Respect that and take politics elsewhere. > > I have barred that thread, although I don't generally favour censorship > as a solution to anything. > > However... it seems that this list is mostly used these days for > offtopic crap, and for technical queries which get referred to the > forums. > > Is there still a benefit to having this list at all? Would we be better > off shutting it down entirely? > > Likewise the git repository on git.infradead.org — if development is > happening on github, there's no point in just mirroring it here, is > there? I was happy to provide services (and even try to learn a bit of > perl) when Phil Lewis bowed out, but it now seems that there's a fairly > capable community around it and it's not clear what benefit I continue > to provide... > > -- > dwmw2 _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
