On Aug 3, 2011, at 07:13 , Simon King wrote: > Hi all! > > On 1 Aug., 17:18, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote: >> On 8/1/11 7:19 AM, Simon King wrote: >> >>> sage-newbie, sage-solaris, sage-flame, sage-marketing and sage-edu >>> together made up for 133 posts in six months. Moving all of it to sage- >>> devel would mean an increment of about 4%. If part of it was moved to >>> sage-support instead, the increment would be even less. >> >> sage-flame is an important separate release valve for anything on sage >> lists. I certainly don't think it should be merged with anything else. >> >> +1 for disbanding sage-marketing and merging that with sage-devel. +1 >> for disbanding sage-newbie (encourage sage-support instead) and merging >> sage-solaris with sage-devel, and maybe even merging sage-windows with >> sage-devel. > > Then I ask directly: > > 1. Is it technically possible to merge two existing Google groups? > 2. Do we want less Google groups for Sage?
My take on the number of google groups is that often, multiple groups end up on To/CC lists, which is a headache to those not subscribed (having to deal with bounces). So fewer is generally better. I think combining sage-nt and sage-algebra is a good idea; adding in sage-combinat-devel not so much. My sense of the latter list is it's equally divided in traffic between "broken queue", sage-combinat-specific topics, and "categorical" threads. If the latter could be taken to sage-devel (where they seem to legitimately belong), that would be good. Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's Income -------- Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -------- -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
