[darcs-users] Merging darcs-devel and darcs-users into a single mailing list

[John Meacham]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 06:21:14PM -0400, Gwern Branwen wrote:
> This wouldn't cause any problems, I don't think. -user has a
> significant trend downward to somewhere around 30KB a month from 300KB
> in April 2005, while -devel is still a active mailing list.
> 
> I'd note that while -users and -dev may be a traditional split, it
> isn't necessary. XMonad and Yi get along fine with a single mailing
> list to which developers and users both subscribe, and in my
> experience, they're better projects (lighter-weight, better
> consensuses, a faster & more user-driven dev cycle) for not being
> segmented. In short, I see no downside to a single 'darcs' mailing
> list subsuming darcs-dev and darcs-users.
> 
> Thoughts? I know from #darcs that I'm not alone in this sentiment.

Yes, I am a fan of the one list model and use it for my projects. Not
everyone has the same opinion about what category things belong in and
with modern mailers it is not too difficult to sort it out according to
one's personal preferences. 

        John


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