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Re: Mailing list shuffle?
Op wo 17-07-2002, om 23:23 schreef Phil Edwards:
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 10:41:43PM +0200, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> >
> > The gcc mailing list is supposed to discuss GCC development issues, and
> > gcc-help is supposed to be the user support mailing list. But I see
> > quite a few user questions in the gcc mailing list (nobody seems to care
> > about reading the manual, what's new?).
>
> That doesn't mean we should give in to their laziness.
I don't think it's laziness, just ignorance most of the time.
> As far as renaming mailing lists goes, I think it would be a good idea,
> but I would have
>
> gcc-help the newbie users
> gcc-internals the present gcc list
I don't like the "gcc-internals" name. We discuss more than just gcc
internals in this mailing list. This thread is just one example of that.
That's why I coined "gcc-devel". There's more in the word "development"
than just internals.
> and not have a plain 'gcc' list at all. The address still has to work,
> of course, but it can be a simple autoresponder that points people to
> http://gcc.gnu.org/lists.html with the admonition that they're probably
> looking for the -help list.
Yes, I think that's a good idea. Maybe the autoresponder could send
other useful text as well, such as:
-known bugs
-how to report bugs
-latest release info
-a link to the onine manuals :-)
-etc ...
Greetz
Steven