On Fri, 3 Jun 2011, Remco Rijnders wrote:
Dear all,
In the past few days since the release (and also before, but less frequently)
I notice a number of requests for help and assistance for a variety of issues
being posted on this list. To me this seems to be not really on topic for
this list which, to my understanding, is more aimed at discussing the
direction of Mageia for future releases and the role Mageia should play in
the larger free software community.
I can fully understand why people would ask for help on this mailing list as
it seems the most appropiate one given the lists we have available. I'd like
to suggest the creation of a new mailing list for and by users where they can
get or provide assistance with end user problems and questions like these.
I've brought this topic up on #mageia-dev today and received mixed reactions,
though most of them seemed to be reluctant. As I'd like to gather the opinion
of a wider audience than just those present and awake in #mageia-dev at the
time, I now write this email.
I am one of those people who much prefers mailing lists (call me old-fashioned)
to forums, so I like
your idea. I also like the even-handed, reasonable way you presented it,
listing both pros and
cons and attempting to give responses to the latter. If it's do-able and not a
hardship to the
organization (which I think you addressed) I'm all for it.
Dale Huckeby
