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From: Michael N. F. <mi...@id...> - 2001-03-27 11:15:09
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On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Martin von Loewis wrote: > > As for me it would be better to start new (to select active members) > > not Linux specific mailing list with understandable name for > > concept, e.g. NTFS-Layout to collect/exchange information. Possible > > it will attract people who writes not for Linux (like me). I dont > > know if it is very hard to start new mailing list. > > If you are not scared off by the "linux" in its name, I'd recommend to > use the existing lists. It is likely that you'll reach more experts > here than you will with a fresh list (not that all experts will > comment all the time, or even identify themselves). I'm not afraid of penguins and tiny devils with forks and MSDOS/Windows centaurs too but i see people in many other linux related mailing lists who asks what is "mount" command and why they cannot see their lovely VFAT disk in KDE, or what does Oops in xxx.o mean. And this is purpose of such mailing lists (at least name claims it). I just trying to hint that if there is any hope that development of linux NTFS driver will be started (again) all this will happen to all of these mailing lists too. BTW. I have friends who work at Windows drivers and will never try to subscribe here because they are not interested in discussed code. Let me quote a little (copy-n-paste): "About Linux-ntfs This list is about the NTFS driver for Linux. It is intended primarily as a forum for diskussing the driver. You can download the latest public release from http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~loewis/ntfs or ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/local/linux/ntfs" then: existing lists have own rules of managment. Nobody can guarantee that inportant message will be in the one selected list. It means that everybody is subscribed everywhere: This morning example: From: Anton Altaparmakov <ai...@ca...> Cc: lin...@ti..., lin...@li... 1 message + 1 copy = 2 ... From: Richard Russon <fl...@fl...> To: Michael "N." Filippov <mi...@id...> Cc: NTFS for Linux <lin...@ti...>, lin...@li... 1 message + 2 copies = 3 ... From: Martin von Loewis <lo...@in...> To: ai...@cu... CC: mi...@id..., lin...@ti..., lin...@li... 2 messages + 4 copies (2 copies of each) = 6 ... From: "Edward S. Marshall" <es...@lo...> To: Anton Altaparmakov <ai...@cu...> Cc: "Michael N. Filippov" <mi...@id...>, NTFS for Linux <lin...@ti...>, lin...@li... 1 message + 2 copies = 3 ... Sum: 5 messages + 9 copies = (about) 64% useless copies As for your comment about experts: merging i offered means that all subscribres will be automatically included into the new list. and after this all obsolete list (better say frozen for now) would send warning/description:t "this list is for current ntfs driver/ linux-NTFS-0.0.2/etc, developers/users, use new NTFS-Layout (or whatever you like more) for disk layout/records discussion". Possible i'm wrong. But even now i have received emails from people who wants to look at XP file records, about MS Diskeditor and so on, It means that current mailing lists structure at least doesnt fit for information exchange. There is big issue about privacy too, something like fake nicks in this new list instead of real names/emails, for you know what ... But i'm not a specialist in here and it would be better if somebody else would continue/correct. Sincerely, Michael |
