Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] Improvement ideas for Project accessibility [WAS: Re: lcd4linux - My message to the devel-list]

[Robert B. <rb...@ge...>]

Hi,

nice to see some activity on the list again.

Maybe I missed the reply, but what about the two ideas I uttered here?
(see below).

Thanks a lot,

Robert

Robert Buchholz wrote:
> 1. Who can post to the mailing list?
>=20
> Michael Reinelt schrieb:
>>> On a side note, don't you think it would be a good idea to close the
>>> list for non-subscribers, that would stop the big amount of spam comi=
ng
>>> over it.
>> Hmmm.... I think this is the same question as with the wiki: I think i=
f
>> I close it, there will be far less traffic (it's already (too) low
>> traffic I think)
>>
>> Speaking for myself, if I want to report a bug or something similar to=
 a
>> project, and I need to be subscribed, I wont. But as always, YMMV.
>=20
> But is the mailing list the right place for this?
> First, there are trackers at sourceforge and at bublix.org which are
> much easier for reporting and handling bugs that a mailing list.
> Second, you don't get the replies to the list-report if you are not
> subscribed.
>=20
>=20
> 2. Mailing list archive
>=20
> Currently, I cannot see the mail messages at sourceforge.
> Maybe it would be a good idea to also use an alternative archiving
> service. There's a great one for archiving open source mailing lists an=
d
> viewing them, called GMANE, I am sure you heard about it.
>=20
> You can publish the mailing list at gmane using
> http://gmane.org/subscribe.php
>=20
> As group name, you could use gmane.comp.sysutils.lcd4linux. That would
> be on the same name hierarchy as lcdproc, or some other sub-name of
> gmane.comp.
>=20
> Example Views:
>  * List page: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
>  * Frame view: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel