> Traffic on the Haskell mailing list has jumped dramatically of late.
[...]
> So we can decide to do one of two things:
>
> 1. Try to keep the Haskell mailing list as a low-traffic list, to which
> many, many people subscribe. Under this model, one might *start*
> a discussion on the Haskell list; but after a few exchanges, move the
> discussion to comp.lang.functional, or perhaps a high-traffic Haskell
> list (haskell-discuss?). Rather like coastguard radio, where
> one starts
> on Channel 16, but moves to another channel to converse.
>
> 2. Accept (even rejoice) that the Haskell mailing list is becomming a
> high traffic list, and accept that people will drop off. I,
> for one, will
> probably drop off soon. Maybe another low-traffic list will start.
I like 1, but much prefer creating another mailing list to moving lengthy
discussions to comp.lang.functional since a) I can't read newsgroups from
all my accounts, b) c.l.f is already overloaded.
Another option is to create a low-bandwidth list called haskell-announce and
keep this group the way it is.
Yet another option: Since most of the heated discussions that occur on this
list pertain to proposed extensions or changes to Haskell, we can create a
"haskell2" list, and ask people to post that sort of speculative stuff
there, leaving this list for discussion of Haskell98 as it stands.
--FAC
