Date   : Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:06:35 +0000
From   : samwise@... (samwise)
Subject: Mailing list

All,

I don't know whether anyone has tried bringing this latest thread to
James' attention but I'll send him a private mail and politely ask
whether he'd be willing to respond to the list, either with news of
the config change or his reasons as to why he doesn't want to consider
it at this time.

In the meantime, whilst I'm pursuing that, I guess the only real
question that needs to be answered by the regulars here is this:

If we can't get hold of him, do enough of you feel strongly enough
about the email header issue, and the other concerns that Michael has
raised about the list being maintained by someone who appears not to
be a regular contributor to the list - and is also apparently hard to
get hold of privately - to want to migrate to a new list?

If most regulars answer no, then I think we should stop the debate
here just carry on as-is, perhaps with more occasional direct mail
pleas to James ...

Peter.

2009/11/13 Michael Firth <mfirth@...>:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:15:21 +0000, Darren Grant
> <darren.grant@...> wrote:
>> Hmm, trying to contain my annoyance at Michael ...
>>
> I seem to have caused a lot of offence here, without intending to.
>
> I wasn't intentionally trying to annoy people, or stage a form of coup.
>
> Regardless of the "Reply To" issue, I personally feel that having a mailing
> list where the administrator hasn't contributed for over 2 years, and
> doesn't respond to personal e-mail about the list is potentially risky in
> other ways.
>
> In that situation, there is always a possibility that the mailing list will
> one day just cease to function, as the people hosting it have removed it
> (assuming the administrator doesn't respond to them either)
>
> Again, without the co-operation of the current administrator, any form of
> organised migration will also be impossible, as that would require
> involvement from them.
>
> I don't personally care where or how the mailing list is hosted, but feel
> that it should be owned by someone who is actively interested in the topic,
> and who responds to queries from list members.
>
> It may be that I'm doing James a huge dis-service, and that he's just been
> on holiday while this issue has been discussed this time, but it has been
> covered several times in the last year, without him commenting on any of
> the discussions.
>
> Regards and apologies
>
> Michael
>
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