Hello!
On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 07:04:07AM -0400, Paul Hudak wrote:
> Perhaps we should create a comp.lang.haskell? -Paul
Frankly, I think there's still enough room in c.l.functional for Haskell
related threads. However, if a discussion and vote comes up for a
Haskell newsgroup, I'll off course
| I also agree with Simon that simply making this a moderated list is
| not the solution. Perhaps splitting is best. How about
|
| haskell-info
| haskell-talk
|
| where info carries *brief* announcements, requests for information
| and responses to such requests, and talk carries anything and
> So we can decide to do one of two things:
>
> 1. Try to keep the Haskell mailing list as a low-traffic list, to which
> many, many people subscribe. Under this model, one might *start*
> a discussion on the Haskell list; but after a few exchanges, move the
> discussion to comp.lang.fun
> Traffic on the Haskell mailing list has jumped dramatically of late.
[...]
> So we can decide to do one of two things:
>
> 1. Try to keep the Haskell mailing list as a low-traffic list, to which
> many, many people subscribe. Under this model, one might *start*
> a discussion on the Haskel
> "Manuel" == Manuel M T Chakravarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
Manuel> What do you think?
I'll use the opportunity to advocate wiki usage.
While I agree that it seems time to have multiple lists, some of the
recent high volume threads could have used the wiki to collect,
discuss and
Simon PJ is too valuable to lose. I
(a) second the creation of comp.lang.haskell;
(b) suggest that [EMAIL PROTECTED] should have a policy
(enforced mechanically if necessary) of 1 contribution of length
at most 5 lines (or 350 characters) per user per thread.
On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Manuel M. T. Chakravarty wrote:
> I think, the natural thing is to have more than one mailing
> list. I already proposed to have `haskell-help' or some
> such for newbie questions. It may also be time for
> `haskell-announce' - a list where only announcement of
> system, lib
| Traffic on the Haskell mailing list has jumped dramatically of late ...
| ... if traffic is too heavy, large numbers of people will unsubscribe
| ... in the end, heavy traffic is self defeating.
I agree. Indeed I was on the point of unsubscribing, even though
I have a strong interest in Has
Colin Runciman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I also agree with Simon that simply making this a moderated list is
> not the solution. Perhaps splitting is best. How about
>
> haskell-info
> haskell-talk
>
> where info carries *brief* announcements, requests for information
> and responses to such
Perhaps we should create a comp.lang.haskell? -Paul
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