Re: [linux-dvb] Cross-posting linux-media, linux-dvb etc

[Lars Hanisch <dvb@cinnamon-sage.de>]

Mike Isely wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Hans Verkuil wrote:
> 
>> On Friday 16 January 2009 15:48:45 Patrick Boettcher wrote:
>>> Hi Mauro,
>>>
>>> Since the creation of linux-media@vger.kernel.org I'm seeing lots of
>>> cross-postings between linux-dvb, linux-media and video4linux. This
>>> is a little bit annoying if you are subscribed to all of those lists.
>>>
>>> Worse is, that some people only send requests to linux-media. Like
>>> that linux-dvb-only subscribers can't help...
>>>
>>> Why not closing linux-dvb (and video4linux) and transferring the
>>> currently subscribed users to linux-media automatically?
>> I agree with Patrick. I suggest a daily automatic posting to linux-dvb 
>> and video4linux telling people that on February 1st these lists 
>> disappear and that they should use linux-media instead. Then they can 
>> be closed down at the end of the month. I definitely wouldn't wait any 
>> longer since it is rather messy right now. One month transition period 
>> seems reasonable to me.
>>
> 
> Amen to that.  I've been telling people to go over to linux-media, but 
> old habits are hard to break.  It's time to actually make a clean break 
> from the old lists.

  +1 from me

  Although I'm not an active developer (I'm just an interested user), 
reading the lists at the moment is hard...

Lars.