From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from discorde.inria.fr (discorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.38]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BC10BC69 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:05:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from server2.thinkcrime.de (server2.thinkcrime.de [213.133.110.149]) by discorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l27L5Z7d011200 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:05:36 +0100 Received: from hod-sarge-2005-10.lan.m-e-leypold.de (dslb-088-072-248-154.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.72.248.154]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by server2.thinkcrime.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42F13488064 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:05:38 +0100 (CET) Received: by hod-sarge-2005-10.lan.m-e-leypold.de (Postfix, from userid 1003) id BFA66376C1; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 22:11:45 +0100 (CET) To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] New "ocaml-developer" forum (?) References: Organization: Leypold, Software-Dienstleistungen und -Beratung From: ls-ocaml-developer-2006@m-e-leypold.de Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:11:45 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Martin Jambon's message of "Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:13:30 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Miltered: at discorde with ID 45EF291F.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ens-lyon:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 haskell:01 wiki:01 markus:01 thrilled:98 workstation:98 caml-list:01 writes:01 jambon:01 jambon:01 off-topic:02 functional:02 groups:02 Martin Jambon writes: > For a long time I've been thinking that it would be nice to have a forum > for "OCaml software developers", i.e. focused on the practical use of > OCaml and its interaction with other existing technologies. It means that > discussions that are not centered on the OCaml language may not be off-topic. While I didn't have the impression that ocaml related discussion, even if not centering on the language definition, were OT here, I haven't read the list charta for a long time. So it is for others to decide on this, personally I never felt the need for separate forums (there are also com.lamg,functional, comp.lang.haskell and comp.lang.ml where I can discuss a wide range of topics, so that might explain why I never felt it). It would be upt to others to formulate that need. > > Let me know (privately or not) if you would be interested. I think that > this plus a wiki are important to help programmers find the right tool > for a job or the right piece of documentation without having to subscribe > to the mailing-lists of each existing library or reading all the manuals. > > I reserved a Google group named ocaml-developer: > > http://groups.google.com/group/ocaml-developer/ > > I may just kill it if people are not thrilled by the idea, or prefer > another name or another host than Google Groups. Probably I'd suscribe to another list/forum, but certainly not to a Google Group or a web based forum. Archiving (at _my_ workstation) is absolutely atrocious with those and I don't want to produce content that is locked into Google and with which Google will do *their* business for the rest of time. May I suggest either a miling list, or a usenet news group from the alt hierarchie? Regards -- Markus