[Haskell] Re: on starting Haskell-Edu, a new education-related Haskell-related mailing list

[Alistair Bayley]

2008/7/15 Benjamin L. Russell <DekuDekuplex at yahoo.com>:
>
> Then I looked through the list of mailing list names at haskell.org
> (see "haskell.org Mailing Lists" at
> http://haskell.org/mailman/listinfo), and discovered that there seems
> to be a kind of pattern where names that do not begin with "haskell"
> seem to be devoted to specific compilers/tools/packages/etc. not
> concerning general Haskell, whereas names that do seem to be devoted
> to general Haskell issues.


I don't think there's much of a pattern, and the haskell-i18n list is
a good counter-example.

haskell-cafe could just as easily have been cafe; there's no real need
for the haskell- prefix. All of the lists are @haskell.org, so there's
redundancy in the prefix. IMO, the only lists that need a prefix are
haskell-fr, haskell-prime, and haskell. And even haskell could be
renamed to announce.

You yourself expressed concern over the length of the address
haskell-beginners at haskell.org. My vote is still for
beginners at haskell.org

Alistair