Yes, OCaml is an old programming language... It was still using SVN until last year :-)
Anyway, I am not fond of the multiplication of communication channels, they tend to divide an already small community into smaller groups, and it becomes hard to remain up-to-date with latest information. For example, a lot of discussions are now happening on Github pull-requests, either in ocaml/ocaml or ocaml/opam-repository, and if you don't keep an eye on them, you might soon discover that important decisions have been taken without most of the community knowing it.
For the mailing-list, I think that hosting it on
ocaml.org would be better, with a simple name like "ocaml-users
@ocaml.org", that would be an alias for "
ocaml-users@lists.ocaml.org". I have no time to go on IRC, so I don't really care about it, but I think that we miss something in the middle between mailing-lists and IRC, which is a forum that would be hosted on
ocaml.org (
ocaml.org/forum ?). I used to go on some BB forums at some point, I am pretty sure we could use something like that, or one of its more recent clones (but not a proprietary website). Such forums are quite practical, as you can both monitor them to answer questions immediately (à la IRC) without filling your inbox, and still be able to come from time to time and look at former discussions.
--Fabrice