[arch-general] Arch mailing list for subjective discussions

[phani]

On Sat, 18 May 2013 21:57:03 +0530, Ralf Mardorf  
<ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:

> What IMO is missing for Arch Linux is a separated mailing list for
> longer, subjective discussions. I'm aware that this is possible using
> the forums, but for my taste a mailing list is more comfortable to use.


i've thought about this several times, but the thought that's always  
stopped me is fragmentation. there's already (at least) two mailing lists,  
the forums, and of course the wiki to research if one is looking to solve  
a particular problem. adding another mailing list, another archive to  
search, wouldn't make things easier.

apart from that, my personal preference would be a _slightly_ more  
"chatty" mailing list, as i was used to from openSUSE, per example. the  
arch-general list feels more like an extension of the bug tracker, really.  
anything except the bare minimum tech. information is frowned upon, and  
unless you're part of a small core group of members, even technical  
questions that haven't already been answered in the wiki are likely to be  
answered with, "...do your own research and don't waste everybody's time."

i also prefer the mailing list or newsgroup format, but for those who do  
use a graphical browser at times, there's a G+ group with several  
thousands of members, managed quite tightly (but not too tight):

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/113935870359973712582

i'm still not convinced that creating another mailing list would be a good  
idea overall (fragmentation). but if the general consensus here should be  
that it would be a good thing, i have the server space and know how to  
manage one.

-- 
phani.