Re: [linux-delhi] ADMINISTRIVIA

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Lokesh,

Thanks for your insightful comments.  I agree that ideally we should
have seperate lists for help and for programming.  However, I see 2
problems with that:

1.  Messages invariably leak over from one list to the other.
Specifically, people wanting help tend to post to as many lists as
possible, and hence we can expect the putative programming list also
to be flooded with help requests eventually.

2.  The subscriber base isn't large enough yet to justify splitting
the list up.  Perhaps we can do it when we reach some magic number --
256 or 512 or 1024 or something :-)

Linux-India is doing a great job of helping out with newbie questions, 
and I guess that over time Linux-Delhi will also acquire an identity
as a help or programming or guru or discussion list.  Until then,
let's just live with all the messages -- even given my 6 messages the
traffic isn't that high :-)

And I also must admit that even basic questions tend to generate
interesting follow-ups on Linux-Delhi.  Has anyone else noticed that?

Regards,

- -- Raju

>>>>> "Lokesh" == Lokesh Setia <lsetia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Lokesh> On Mon, 5 Jul 1999, Raj Mathur wrote:

    >> Hi folks,
    >> 
    >> The Linux-Delhi mailing list currently stands at about 85
    >> subscribers

    Lokesh> Here in IIT-Delhi one can read mails posted from this
    Lokesh> mailing list directly from an internal newsgroup. He/She
    Lokesh> can also post from that. I'm sure there's no way one could
    Lokesh> count those users, but when the semester starts, i think
    Lokesh> it could be somewhere 50. Any comments Tarun??


    >> and 850 messages.  This is a great achievement since
    >> mid-December,

    Lokesh> No wonder, I got 6 mails from raju@xxxxxxx today.  (Just
    Lokesh> kidding ;-))

    >> when we started the list, and kudos to all of you who made this
    >> possible.
    >> 
    >> The list seems to be in self-sustaining mode now, and I see a
    >> healthy mixture of help queries and responses, technical
    >> discussions and general discussions on Linux and freeware.
    >> There is also the occaissional non-Linux related stuff which
    >> list members seem to squash pronto :-) I am hopeful that we can
    >> grow this on the same lines, and need your support and help to
    >> do so.

    Lokesh> Also, for those who are members of both linux-delhi and
    Lokesh> linux-india mailing lists, must not have escaped noticing
    Lokesh> that the signal-to-noise ratio (because of probably
    Lokesh> guru-to-newbie ratio) is much higher at this list, than
    Lokesh> the nation-wide list.

    Lokesh> But i feel that this list should slowly be made to move
    Lokesh> towards programming, rather than a "libXX does not
    Lokesh> install", or "kppp does'nt work" etc.

    Lokesh> Just for the sake of comparison: I get 70-80 mails per day
    Lokesh> on linux-india@xxxxxxxxx and most of them are of the above
    Lokesh> type. Some people are too dumb to post it using Outlook
    Lokesh> Express, and then expect an answer to an all-HTML mail. I
    Lokesh> remember a mail there, when a newbie said: (something like
    Lokesh> this)

    Lokesh> <mail> Hi all,

    Lokesh> I have installed linux and started liking it. I like this
    Lokesh> mailing list and find it very informative. I may stop
    Lokesh> using windows as most of you have already done. I have a
    Lokesh> problem. When i boot linux, I get a screen similar to
    Lokesh> windows.

    Lokesh> Now my question is: Where do i type all those commands
    Lokesh> that you people post????

    Lokesh> </mail>

    Lokesh> This mail got 4 replies, one of them said open "xterm" and
    Lokesh> the other said open "eterm". (not to mention kterm and
    Lokesh> rxvt)

    Lokesh> Anyway, by this i don't mean to discourage newbies from
    Lokesh> sending mails. But i do expect them to go for learning
    Lokesh> things, rather than expecting a purely mechanical
    Lokesh> answer. I dont think they should feel offended when
    Lokesh> someone says "READ THE HOWTO".

    Lokesh> All comments welcome, flames go to /dev/null [OH NO, IT'S
    Lokesh> FULL]

    Lokesh> Regards,

    Lokesh> Lokesh Setia, Hughes Software Systems, Gurgaon.

    >>  Most important of all, keep posting!
    >> 
    >> Regards,
    >> 
    >> -- Raju
    >> 





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