[openib-general] Mailing

[Matt Leininger]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 09:02 -0800, Roland Dreier wrote:
>     Eitan> 1. Use more mailing lists (e.g. openib-ib-manegement )
> 
> I've always resisted splitting openib-general.  I still think it's a
> bad idea for several reasons:
> 
>  - openib-general is still a low-traffic list.  linux-kernel works
>    fine with 10 times the number of messages per day.
>  - we end up wasting time telling people they need to post to a
>    different list, and users end up cross-posting to all the lists
>    (and developers end up subscribing to all the lists)
>  - splitting the list dilutes the community.
> 
  I agree.  The classic example is lkml.  They seem to do fine with one
list and their traffic is much heavier than ours.  

  We could put some suggested mail list keywords on the webpage.  But
then we may end up with a mail archive where every SM bug has a subject
line "SM problem".  

  - Matt