proposal: separate lists for ghc-cvs commits and ghc-dev chatter

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Carter Schonwald wrote:

> hey all,
> It seems to me (and i've certainly heard other people echo this sentiment)
> that: ghc dev chatting gets buried in the huge volume of commit + build
> report emails, and that creates (perhaps) another barrier to involvement in
> ghc dev at the hobbyist (rather than part time/full time ) scale?
> 
> So my question for the community (and of course current ghc devs )
> 
> 1) do others agree that theres value in separating the two?
> 
> 2) would this just be another use  of the ghc-users list or would it be
> worth having a ghc-dev list?
> 
> 3) most importantly, would the folks actively involved in ghc dev be
> willing/able to  do so?

+1

This is a good idea, one that I have solved at my end using Procmail.

So even though I have solved it for me, I still approve of this suggestion
since it seems silly to push this to the receiver's end when it could so
easily be solved by having separate lists.

Erik
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