"Please - if you have an opinion, speak up one way or the other."<br>I see a use for both lists, as long as people use the right list.<br>(I will probably also make mistakes, and I will be grateful if you redirect me to the right list)<br>
Device owners can be useful for a number of things, for example: surveys, requests for user feedback, testing of apps...<br><br>I'm only subscribed to community and device owners and read all the rest on <a href="http://lists.openmoko.org">http://lists.openmoko.org</a> (because I lack the programming skills to give useful replies in for example the kernel list).<br>
<br>y<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Stroller <<a href="mailto:stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk">stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On 12 Jul 2008, at 01:01, William Kenworthy wrote:<br>
> ...<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Basicly I know it wont change anything, but it always helps when<br>
> someone<br>
> points out that your view of the universe isnt the same as everybody<br>
> elses ...<br>
><br>
> BillK<br>
><br>
> * not going to reply to anymore on this topic as "minds are fixed in<br>
> cement"<br>
<br>
</div>[quoting order rearranged]<br>
<br>
Well, these comments apply to both sides of the argument, an argument<br>
which goes back decades - I certainly remember many posts on Usenet<br>
about this subject.<br>
<br>
The reason I'm going on about this is because I'd like to see a<br>
consensus.<br>
<br>
Sure, like any geek discussing a point, I think my view is the<br>
"right" and most logical one. I'd like to see people stop using the -<br>
community list for stuff that would be better posted on -device-<br>
owners. But if that's never going to happen we might as well let Sean<br>
get on with it & delete -device-owners.<br>
<br>
There must be frikkin' thousands of people subscribed to -community,<br>
and we're hearing in these threads from only a handful of them.<br>
<br>
Please - if you have an opinion, speak up one way or the other. I<br>
promise I'll shut up about this if everyone disagrees with me, but if<br>
I don't hear from you I will start (or continue, rather) nagging<br>
people to post on the "correct" list.<br>
<br>
> ...<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">>>> For this reason, all my OM emails go to one folder, which defeats<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> reason for having so many lists<br>
>><br>
>> That is YOUR choice. It doesn't defeat the object for anyone else who<br>
>> chooses to filter their lists differently.<br>
><br>
> From my point of view you are looking at it back to front - you are<br>
> forcing me to subscribe and manage multiple mailing lists that overlap<br>
> just so I can get a coherent view of OM - why not have two lists as<br>
</div>> suggested [-dev and -user] based on broad categories<br>
<br>
We might as well have only ONE list, in that case, openmoko-everything.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> and get the users to filter them ...<br>
<br>
</div>But how do the users achieve this? It's simply NOT POSSIBLE to filter<br>
a single list into two different mailboxes based on message content,<br>
whereas it is trivial for the user to filter *openmoko* into a single<br>
email mailbox.<br>
<br>
So if we're going to continue the "you're forcing the burden upon me"<br>
argument it is FAR LESS of a burden for those who want to use a<br>
single mailbox to filter on their local mail client (a one-off setup<br>
procedure) then it is for those who want different topics separated<br>
to suffer the clutter and mess of a single list (as this is a<br>
continuing, ongoing and otherwise insolvable inconvenience).<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Stroller.<br>
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