Several contributors to the HC&A Report reported the same problem with the current setup of Haskell mailing lists: In spite of the split into haskell and haskell-cafe, they missed the general calls for contributions on [EMAIL PROTECTED] because some of them, being involved in other work as well, only browse the flood of traffic.
When the list was originally split into haskell (for announcements and discussion starters) and haskell-cafe (for longer discussions), some of us suggested a separate haskell-announce instead (or indeed, support for client-based filtering instead of this server-based split). In my own setup, postings to haskell and haskell-cafe still go into a single folder, and I separate out announcements and similar things by hand (because I usually don't have the time to follow them up immediately, and because there's no reliable pattern to use for automatic filtering; e.g., this very email I'd filter out into the TODO area, even though it's not strictly speaking an announcement). Even though many discussions move quickly to haskell-cafe, which some of us are no longer subscribed to, the discussion starters and the more technical discussions still seem to generate enough traffic that some Haskellers miss announcements made on haskell. Based on this recent negative experience, I suggest to introduce a separate haskell-announce mailing list. To avoid upsetting the existing split, this ought to be split off the haskell list (i.e., everyone subscribed to haskell would initially be subscribed to haskell and to haskell-announce). Opinions? Suggestions? Cheers, Claus _______________________________________________ Haskell mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell
