Re: [Template-haskell] The [email protected] mailing list

--===============0575794475==
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00504502ca5ad899e604765f2cb0

--00504502ca5ad899e604765f2cb0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 16:37, Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:

> Question: is the [email protected] mailing list still useful?
>

My gut reaction: probably not.


>  * It has 250 subscribers compared to 850 for ghc-users.
>  * It has low traffic
>  * template-haskell is the only GHC-specific mailing list associated with a
> particular
>    language feature.  Eg type functions, ghci, etc do not have their own
> list
>  * The traffic on ghc-users is not dauntingly high.
>

Also telling is the fact that so many threads are begun and left to rot
(i.e. questions remain unanswered). My impression is that very few people
actually pay attention to the template-haskell list.

I suggest we abolish it in favour of ghc-users.  Any dissenters?  (I'd emit
> a warning, so that people could check they are subscribed to ghc-users.)
>

Not here.

Sean

--00504502ca5ad899e604765f2cb0
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 16:37, Simon Peyton-=
Jones wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px=
 solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Q=
uestion: is the <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_=
blank">[email protected]</a> mailing list still useful?<br>


</blockquote><div><br>My gut reaction: probably not.<br>=A0</div><blockquot=
e class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);=
 margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
 =A0* It has 250 subscribers compared to 850 for ghc-users.<br>
 =A0* It has low traffic<br>
 =A0* template-haskell is the only GHC-specific mailing list associated wit=
h a particular<br>
 =A0 =A0language feature. =A0Eg type functions, ghci, etc do not have their=
 own list<br>
 =A0* The traffic on ghc-users is not dauntingly high.<br></blockquote><div=
><br>Also telling is the fact that so many threads are begun and left to ro=
t (i.e. questions remain unanswered). My impression is that very few people=
 actually pay attention to the template-haskell list.<br>


<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid=
 rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I suggest we abolish it in favour of ghc-users. =A0Any dissenters? =A0(I&#3=
9;d emit a warning, so that people could check they are subscribed to ghc-u=
sers.)<br>
</blockquote><div><br>Not here.<br><br>Sean<br></div></div>

--00504502ca5ad899e604765f2cb0--

--===============0575794475==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

_______________________________________________
Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users

--===============0575794475==--