colas@AVAHI.INRIA.FR (Colas Nahaboo) (05/29/90)
the size of the "gwm-talk" mailing list (GWM X11 Window Manager) has increased to a point where errors in some mail adresses seems to prevent other sites from receiving the mail, and each message triggers a lot of mail errors. Moreover it is not very sensible, since gwm-talk is based in France, and that most of the subscribers are based in the US, to generate such a cross-atlantic traffic. Thus I am asking for informal advice on how I should handle the situation. Now, there are two mailing lists: gwm-talk for discussion, and gwm-bugs for bug reports and patches. Here is some actions I am considering, feel free to send me your feelings about them. I will summarize your advices on gwm-talk and comp.windows.x. 1) create a comp.windows.x.gwm newsgroup, with a shadow mailing list for people not having access to the news (like comp.windows.x & xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu). 2) use comp.windows.x instead of a new newsgroup (gwm mailing list traffic averages 40 messages per month since it was created) 3) keep only one mailing list. (merging gwm-talk & gwm-bugs into gwm-users? gwm? gwm-talk?). Most people now subscribe to both, and perhaps there is not a clear separation between what should go in each to justify two lists. 4) On the contrary, put a better-organised formal bug handling, "a la" X Consortium: Submit bugs to an address, and have two mailing lists: one for me to re-issue immediately raw bug reports with just a reference number added, and one for me to send fixes notification or patches. 5) keep the mailing lists, (wrt newsgroups), but use an US-based volunteer relay site to decrease the cross-atlantic load Thanks, colas. Colas Nahaboo, BULL Research FRANCE -- Koala Project -- GWM X11 Window Manager colas@mirsa.inria.fr Phone: (33) 93.65.77.70, Fax: (33) 93 65 77 66 INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, 2004, rte des Lucioles, 06565 Valbonne Cedex, FRANCE