From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id RAA16375; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:03:47 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA16980 for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:03:47 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail.cs.uu.nl (sunset.cs.uu.nl [131.211.80.32]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f8DF3kP02157 for ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:03:46 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from silvester.cs.uu.nl (silvester.cs.uu.nl [131.211.80.119]) by mail.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id C4AC0456E; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:03:44 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by silvester.cs.uu.nl (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:03:44 +0200 Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:03:44 +0200 From: Frank Atanassow To: Markus Mottl Cc: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Newbie list Message-ID: <20010913170344.A22378@cs.uu.nl> References: <20010913144929.A22305@cs.uu.nl> <20010913151932.A2510@chopin.ai.univie.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010913151932.A2510@chopin.ai.univie.ac.at>; from markus@mail4.ai.univie.ac.at on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 03:19:32PM +0200 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Markus Mottl wrote (on 13-09-01 15:19 +0200): > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Frank Atanassow wrote: > > There have been a lot of beginner questions on this list of late and, > > though there are still peaks and troughs, the traffic has increased > > noticeably. I have no problems with beginners asking questions, and > > indeed I have answered at least one such post myself at length, but I > > think perhaps the rest of us might be better served if a separate list > > were established for them, say `caml-newbie' or `caml-cafe'. `caml-list' > > would remain the default list for announcements and general discussion. > > > > Does anyone favor such a proposal? > > A very difficult question indeed: if we do this, the advanced users may > find more time for productive development work, but who would answer > the newbies' questions then? OTOH, it might be very effective to let > the newbies teach themselves in a kind of "caml-cradle". Knowledge > (and lack thereof) is usually distributed so newbies are not unlikely > to solve most basic issues in cooperation. I might subscribe to the newbies list and answer questions myself. The reason I want a separate newbie list is that I can unsubscribe from it when I get busy without missing the other discussions and announcements. Also, I at least might be more inclined to answer newbie questions on a separate list because such a list would be specifically set up for that purpose. To be honest, I am a little uncomfortable posting such messages here, because I know that for most, or at least many, subscribers they are superfluous, and may be regarded as a nuisance. Finally, newbie questions often get many similar replies, and partly because of the delay between posting and bouncing, I don't know that my post won't be redundant; on a newbie list I might be less worried about that. -- Frank Atanassow, Information & Computing Sciences, Utrecht University Padualaan 14, PO Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, Netherlands Tel +31 (030) 253-3261 Fax +31 (030) 251-379 ------------------- Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr