Re: [dev] Does suckless need a separate list for general discussion?

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:19:42 +0100

On 24 November 2014 at 23:10, Charlie Kester <corky1951_AT_comcast.net> wrote:
> On Mon 24 Nov 2014 at 12:47:30 PDT Calvin Morrison wrote:
>> On 24 November 2014 at 11:42, v4hn <me_AT_v4hn.de> wrote:
>>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 10:20:44PM +0000, Henrique Lengler wrote:
>>> > What is the situation of GCC, is it bloated?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:35:52PM +0000, doa379 wrote:
>>> > There's an incredible amount of spam and OT on this list isn't there!
>> Last time I checked this list is for general dev and general
>> discussion. Check yo privilege
> If there are enough people who want to keep this dev list restricted to
> discussion of proposed patches or other concrete work on suckless
> projects, perhaps there should be a separate list for more general
> discussion?

No, multiple lists suck. I don't think that the discussions about the
OS and GCC are totally offtopic, though to some they might be spam of
course.

dev_AT_ isn't only about concrete projects, but also about general
suckless philosophy. This has been the case for years. And there were
multiple attempts to introduce half a dozen of lists... in the end
only hackers_AT_ and dev@ have significant traffic.

Best regards,
Anselm
Received on Tue Nov 25 2014 - 06:19:42 CET