On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:03 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > "For what it's worth, I'm pretty much in favour of mailing lists, and > in my ever so humble opinion I'm not a dinosaur, I'm quite the > hipster. For me the main argument is as stated - being able to track > lots of lists simultaneously. GMail does this excellently - I have a > special account which I only use for mailing lists, all mail gets > tagged when it comes in and optionally archived immediately" > > This may well be, but completely useless for those of us who do not have > access to web mail from work. THis is why we need a forum. > > Last comment on the thread, up to the IVY guys now to decide.
Not really, Ivy being a project of the ASF, we have to follow the ASF rules. And the ASF is clear on the subject [1]: "Communication is done via mailing lists." That being said, I also like the mailing lists for reasons listed by others. IMO tools like google group offer the best of both worlds. But maybe the best would simply be mail 2.0 [2] [3] Xavier [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#communication [2] http://www.jroller.com/robertburrelldonkin/entry/mail2_0_smtp_vs_blogging [3] http://code.google.com/p/rmep/ > > > > > Target > www.targetgroup.net > > Target is a trading name of Target Group Limited, > registered in England and Wales No. 1208137 > Registered office: Target House, Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff CF11 9AU > > ********************************************************************** > DISCLAIMER. > This message is intended only for the use of the Addressee and may > contain information that is PRIVILEGED and CONFIDENTIAL. > If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy, > distribute or take any action or reliance upon it. > The content of this message may also contain personal > views of an employee of this company and does > not necessarily represent the view of the company. > ********************************************************************** > This message has been scanned by Norton Anti-Virus. > It has also been scanned by MAILsweeper to enforce our e-mail > policy. If you have any concerns or comments about the content > of this message, please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************************************************** > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. For more information on a proactive email security > service working around the clock, around the globe, visit > http://www.messagelabs.com > -- Xavier Hanin - Independent Java Consultant http://xhab.blogspot.com/ http://ant.apache.org/ivy/ http://www.xoocode.org/
