[Mapserver-users] A suggestion for list divisions

[Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au]

To weigh in with my $0.02,

I have some lists on digest, but agree that it's unwieldy compared
to individual posts that I can at least sort with my MUA. I also think
the recent changes to the list to use mailman are great.

An alternative "solution" would be to do it via a web based discussion
forum (ala Slashdot? Bugzilla?) and categorise posts as they are submitted
(according to which configure options they involve?). For example,
a post about projections in Perl/Mapscript would appear under Perl
and Proj. (I can even see Live Journal or PHP Nuke being used as a base)

I say "solution" rather that solution because this would take resources
to set up and maintain, so it's not going to be useful unless someone has
spare time and resources. Nor am I convinced that a web forum would be as
convenient or effective as email (though I could be convinced otherwise).

OTOH, I am sure we are all involved in other communities that do similar
things and am personally interested in hearing about possible solutions.

Cheers,

Antti
P.S. I detest Yahoo Groups. Ick...

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin, Daniel [mailto:DMartin at erac.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 12 March 2003 7:26 AM
To: 'Fawcett, David'; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu; 'Dan Harris'
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] A suggestion for list divisions


I have to agree with Dan Harris, partially.  I personally wish MapScript was
on a separate list.  For people like me who don't use Mapscript, PHP, or
Perl, posts about MapScript are mostly like someone talking in Japanese.

On the other hand, I think splitting the list up could be taken too far.

-Dan Martin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fawcett, David [mailto:David.Fawcett at state.mn.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 12:52 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu; 'Dan Harris'
> Subject: RE: [Mapserver-users] A suggestion for list divisions
> 
> 
> Dan, 
> 
> Perhaps the digest version of the listserv better fits your 
> needs.  Only one e-mail per day.  You can skim the post 
> headers and only read the messages that you are interested in.
> 
> David.
> 
>