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Re: Patch spamming
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Patch spamming
- From: "J. David Bryan" <dbryan at mail dot bcpl dot lib dot md dot us>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 18:57:16 -0400
- Organization: Palomar Corporation
- References: <199706040540.BAA10292@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
On 4 Jun 97 at 9:26, Andrew Evans wrote:
> I have a normal 33.6kbps dialup connection to my ISP, yet I still only
> spend a few minutes a day downloading e-mail. As long as people remain
> judicious about keeping the size of postings reasonable, I don't see a
> problem.
I see two considerations. One is the purpose of the list. From the
"Welcome to the gnu-win32 mailing list!" document that is sent when we
subscribe:
This list is a place to discuss the gnu-win32 tools and the Cygwin32
API. Announcements pertaining to the project are also sent to the
list.
No mention of binaries or patches is made (unless we consider a patch to be
"discussion"). If Cygnus decides that patches are appropriate discussion,
then I would yield this issue.
The other consideration is Internet bandwidth. Those patches are being
replicated hundreds (thousands?) of times for each subscriber. If 80% of
the recipients are using each patch, then I would concede that posting them
here is a valid use of resources. If only 20% are, then a better use of
the bandwidth would be to post a link. So far, I have deleted each patch I
have received, but then I'm not an intensive user of the GNU-Win32 toolset.
Another possibility would be to have a "gnu-win32-patch" mailing list,
where those desiring to receive all patches could subscribe. Discussions,
as provided for in the "charter" of the gnu-win32 list, would remain here.
--
Dave Bryan
dbryan@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us
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