Re: Jack-devel mailing list is shutting down

On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 03:25:34PM +0200, Thomas Brand wrote:
> I think mailing lists are underestimated by younger people. It has some  
> benefits over online forum, irc etc.
>
> If moving jackaudio.org means to loose the mailing list, I'd not move  
> jackauiod.org until this is solved. Removing the mailing list is  
> actively destroying the remaining jack community.

I agree. Mailing lists provide an easy way to archive plain text
versions of posts on topics of interest. I have copies of jack-devel
posts going back 15 years. They also provide an easy way of CC'ing
others or sending OT replies straight to the recipient. In addition
they save the trouble of checking a web interface every day, which
is a real time saver.

Having said all that, I think if the mailing list is taken over by
someone there needs to be some moderation to weed out email which
is not related to jack (or jack client) development. The signal to
noise ratio on the list has declined seriously in the last year or
so.

John