> Sounds like the mail lists are staying, though. The news group would just
> be for reading them in a differnt format.
The more ways to access the information, the easier it becomes for
users to pick their preference. I, and others on the list, prefer the main
mailing lists to be the "entry point" for all of the messages. I like to be
able to grep my mail for things I need to find.
> If we are talking about switching from mail to news, then, for me, a mail
> list has more benefits than a newsgroup.
Not switching, just providing another "view". mail-archive.com is
one, lists.rubberchicken.org is another, and nntp can be a third. The mail
will still be mail, coming through port 25 for everyone who wishes.
> 3) If we extend this to multiple lists for various other products, they
> may be scattered over different news servers with different Web
> interfaces. Then I have several places I have to go to keep up instead of
> just one: my mail client. (That's not as big an issue if I could use my
> own news client instead of a Web server, but see (2) above.)
There is one place where news can be a benefit though, and that is
for users who don't know about the lists, don't care to subscribe, or don't
have access to them for whatever reason. Also, I can gate news for things
that aren't on the lists, like cvs commits (which I've done already on
news.plkr.org).
I'm not saying that nntp is _the_ answer, it's just one other place
to look at the information in a different way.
> Just my 2 cents on that. I'll certainly work with whatever is decided and
> do so happily without complaint. :-)
Here's 0.02 more, I'm with you, mail stays, and remains primary.
d.
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