Re: create a message, have it in the holster?

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> Emanual B wrote:
>>> PS. Is this a question for
>>>     gmane.emacs.gnus.general or
>>>     gmane.emacs.gnus.user ?
>>
>
> Eric A wrote
>> PS I don't know that there's any difference between the two lists at
>> this point, and kind of think it would be better for
>> gmane.emacs.gnus.user to go away.
>
> Repectfully wish to disagree with this.
>
> I (for one) continue to use gmane.emacs.gnus.user in this way:
> I sometimes have questions about common functioning of gnus, perhaps
> things I once knew but forgot and having a time finding in manual.
> (and that might be pretty common amongst the 70+ yrs gang I belong to)

Well, sure -- I guess I wasn't really proposing that we delete the
group, it just seems like both lists are low-traffic enough that we
wouldn't really need two.

> Or just things I never had occasion to use until now, but that I know
> are long time abilities.
>
> I suppose it could be argued that those very things may well have
> changed in more recent versions and therefore more appropriate to
> gmane.emacs.gnus.general but as a long time user I think I have some
> fairly good notions about what is old stuff or not.
>
> I suspect there are more than a few others who feel they know the
> difference and know when to post to which group. In fact I would have
> guessed that Emanual B, would have been one of those.
>
> Plus there is always the process of posting to ...user and if no
> answer comes in a few days, move it to ...general.

I guess it would be less confusing if they were called "user" and
"devel". Anyway, it's certainly no big deal to have two.

> I suppose this is quite subjective, but still, I suspect what I say
> above is pretty close to true.
>
> One other point is that it would be a waste of talent to tie up people
> like Eric A with mundane questions that can be answered by other old
> hands.

That's kind of you, but I don't know how to answer half of the questions
that get posted here!

Eric