[clean-list] Conf announcements on Clean-List

[Philip Matthews]

If others wish to see announcements, and I can construct workable  
filters, then this works for me.

Note that it is primary a signal-to-noise ratio issue for me. These  
days, conference announcements overwhelm the actual discussion on the  
list.

If you have some well-tested filters, then I would be interested in  
seeing them.

- Philip


On Mon, 8-Jun-09, at 04:15 , Pieter Koopman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> a long time ago there was a discussion about conference  
> announcements on the Clean-list. The result was that the majority of  
> people was interested in such announcements if they are on topic.  
> The topic was defined rather broad as 'interesting for functional  
> programmers in Clean'. As moderator I try to filter the messages  
> according to that rule. If a large number of subscribers of this  
> list wants to change that, I am happy to do so. Possible options:
> a) messages on Clean and conferences possible of interest for people  
> interested in Clean (the current situation)
> b) messages on Clean and conferences calls with a narrow scope (e.g.  
> Clean or 'functional programming' in the call)
> c) only messages on Clean, no conference calls at all
>
> Splitting the list in two where the moderator decides to which list  
> a messages goes seems technically not that easy. However, there is  
> the very low bandwidth Clean-announces.
> Personally I have some mail filters on 'call for papers' and 'call  
> for participation' etc and I apply these before the filter on 'Clean- 
> list' this moves at least 90% of the calls from the Clean-List to  
> the appropriate cfp mailbox. For me this is an excellent solution.  
> The Clean-List is not diluted by the calls and I have the calls also  
> available. Will this solve your problem Philip?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pieter
>
> Bernard van Gastel wrote:
>> Or maybe split the mailing list in two different ones: an  
>> announcement list for conferences/new clean versions/bugfixes and a  
>> different one for discussing Clean (the language and/or the naming  
>> of it).
>>
>> With regards,
>>   Bernard
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Philip Matthews <philip_matthews at magma.ca 
>>  <mailto:philip_matthews at magma.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>    It seems these days that the vast majority of messages on the
>>    Clean-List are conference announcements and the like, rather than
>>    news and discussion of Clean. Since I am not interested in these
>>    conference announcements, I am (regretfully) thinking of
>>    unsubscribing. Before I do, I am just wondering if the mailing
>>    list organizers have any plans to change the situation. (For
>>    example, by requiring people to be subscribed in order to post,
>>    and unsubscribing people who post such off-topic messages).
>>
>>    - Philip
>>
>>
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