Re: [OT] - Is the sister "user" list still alive?

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:06:00 +0200 Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

On 2009-08-31, Randy Dunlap [off-list ref] wrote:

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On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:52:03 +0200 Florian Tobias Schandinat wrote:

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Randy Dunlap schrieb:

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On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:26:44 +0200 Florian Tobias Schandinat wrote:

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Randy Dunlap schrieb:

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On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:55:22 -0400 Chris Jones wrote:

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I posted on linux-fbdev-users list re: an issued with dpms a couple
of
days ago and I was wondering if anyone is still subscribed to this
list
apart from myself.

Hi,
The -users mailing list has had 12 postings in 2009.
I'd say it's mostly dead.  Just use this (fbdev-devel) list.

After having a look at the archive I agree.
If this is the consensus wouldn't it be a good idea to shut the users
list down and point to the devel mailing list to avoid misleading
anyone? (perhaps -announce too?)

Yes, that's a good idea.  Is it possible?
It used to be nearly impossible to kill off a mailing list at
sourceforge.net...

I think it is.
I was subscribed to a mailing list of this project:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rt2400/
until they decided to move away from sourceforge and in this process
shut the mailing lists they had there down. So it seems possible
although I don't know the technical details how to do this.

OK, thanks.

Hi Otto,
Do you still maintain linux-fbdev.sf.net ?

If so:  the fbdev-users mailing list is no longer being used.
Please try to shut it down and don't mention it on the FBDEV project web
pages.
Also, the fbdev-devel mailing list should be added to the project web pages
(linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net).

My plan was to merge both lists and move them to vger. That would also
relieve me from
having to moderate postings from non-subscribers.

Unfortunately that hasn't happened yet due to my lack of time...

Other than asking davem for a new vger mailing list, what do you
plan to do?  Did you plan to auto-subscribe people to the new list?

I would just announce on the old lists that they will be dead
in one week's time -- don't try to subscribe people to the new list,
let them do that.

---
~Randy
LPC 2009, Sept. 23-25, Portland, Oregon
http://linuxplumbersconf.org/2009/

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