Re: Re: [opensuse-arm] [ml-admin] Merging the architecture lists to opensuse-arch

On 26/10/11 19:19, Joop Boonen wrote:
> On Wed, October 26, 2011 3:25 pm, Andreas Färber wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Am 26.10.2011 15:04, schrieb Henne Vogelsang:
>>> On 26.10.2011 14:58, Adrian Schröter wrote:
>>>> Am Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2011, 14:29:57 schrieb Henne Vogelsang:
>>>>>
>>>>> we are currently trying to reduce the amount of communication channels
>>>>> we provide. Because of this I would like to merge the 4 architecture
>>>>> lists into one list called opensuse-arch.
>>>>>
>>>>> If nobody objects until the 15th of November 12:00 UTC I will merge
>>>>> the
>>>>> lists. You don't have to do anything except rewriting your filter if
>>>>> you
>>>>> use one.
>>>>
>>>> I would definitive unsubscribe from such a list if the majority of
>>>> mails is
>>>> not interessting for me.
>>>
>>> The ppc, amd64 and ia64 lists didn't have any traffic in 2010 and 2011.
>>> I would like to have some point for people to go for non x86
>>> architecture specific stuff.
>>
>> There was some recent activity to revive ppc openSUSE, so if arm stays
>> ppc should probably stay as well.
>> amd64 is mainstream now, so that's different I guess.
>>
>
> I agree.
>
> I think it's best to have separate mailing lists for different architectures.
>
> I think traffic wise it also safes bandwidth. Only people that are
> interested in a specific mailing list  will get this mail and not traffic
> they don't want.
>
> The ppc mailing list will be very interesting again when the AmigaOne
> X1000 and Netbook will be released.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne_X1000
> http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=781936
> If this ends up in an active mailing list where also ARM resides it's
> difficult to filter, I'm subscribed to both.

If / when the AmigaOne X1000 arrives there will certainly be a new PPC 
platform, but whether we can persuade the community to re-start the PPC 
version of openSuSE Linux is another matter entirely. FWIW, the argument 
for dropping it a few years back was that the usage had dwindled to 
insignificant numbers (ISTR around 20 downloads / month) - I couldn't 
really argue with that.

My expectation is that there won't be another official PPC version at 
all, though maybe we'll have enough momentum for an unofficial one - in 
which case retention of this list will be vindicated. It all depends on 
whether the machine is ever launched - time will tell.

Meantime a merged list seems to me to be the wrong way to go: keep lists 
that are active or might reasonably be expected to become so and kill 
the others, effectively merging into -project and -factory.

-- 
Cheers
Richard (MQ)
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