Re: Close down the list?

Jim Hall wrote:

> I've noticed that traffic on this list has decreased to the point of a 
> trickle.  It's been suggested to me that we try to consolidate lists, 
> to re-invigorate discussion among FreeDOS developers and focus 
> discussion to relevant development topics.
>
> Closing down some of the lists in order to funnel new users into a 
> common discussion area does seem to be the best move.
>
> I copied the list traffic stats into a spreadsheet so I could look for 
> trends.  See http://www.freedos.org/jhall/temp/traffic/traffic.png
>
>
> It's pretty clear that freedos-user, freedos-devel, and freedos-32-dev 
> are the most active lists.  The others have declined in traffic since 
> about Sept 2004, if they had any traffic to speak of.  That means the 
> lists to close down would be freedos-devel-net, freedos-kernel, 
> freedos-freecom, freedos-cvs, and fd-doc-list.
>
> So, I'd like to close down freedos-freecom, and just have kernel stuff 
> go to freedos-devel.  What do you think?  If you have any objections, 
> please email me (off-list only ... I'm not subscribed to this list 
> anymore) and let me know.
>
> If I don't see any responses within the next week or so, I'll assume 
> there's no one on this list anymore, and I'll go ahead and close it down.
>
> -jh
>