> I usually agree with everything Frederick says, which saves me a lot > of time not writing to the list, but this time politely > disagree. I'd say hold off for several months at least. The formal > conversation carries on the Wiki page anyway, why have the headache > of another list and formal administration? > > - Tagging is still relatively immature and still goes off in > unexpected directions which impact how and where OSM develops. It is > therefore an important part of the general buzz of OSM and therefore > belongs on the main list. > > - Announcing RfCs/voting on the main list has really breathed life > into getting the effort of getting a progressively coherent, > harmonious global core tag set that is at least partially > understandable in different countries. > > - It has been good to get at least the occasional involvement of > folks outside the 5 or 6 (?) hardcore. > > - The volume is not that high surely. In any case, it is artificially > high at the moment as Robin tries to clear the backlog. > > - If you are not interested in the specifics, hit delete - the > Subject carries the gist and the general message is usefully made. > > > > I understand the hassle of creating a new list or doing the weekly > round-up, and all the downsides of people not getting as involved etc. > > Can I suggest a compromise for the moment? > What about if people starting the threads could include something > obvious in the subject which would enable people to filter them out > easily? I have a bunch of rules on my google filter to separate these > mails out, but they're not very effective because there is no clear > structure to the subject. > I'd suggest something like: > "[tagging] vote open for *****" > > Ulf has already been including [vote] and [RFC] in mail subjects, it > would be nice to get something like this more ingrained. > > There isn't actually a lot of traffic from these mails, but they do > cause a relatively massive number of threads which tends to drown out > the rest of the list. > > Dave I agree with both above emails. Moving it to a separate list would be counterproductive and the volume of threads will reduce soon enough.
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