On 29.09.2010 15:00, Erik Faye-Lund wrote: > On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Michael J Gruber > <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Adrian Buehlmann venit, vidit, dixit 29.09.2010 10:36: >>> On 28.09.2010 22:06, Kevin Ballard wrote: >>>> On Sep 27, 2010, at 11:22 PM, Adrian Buehlmann wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think this would definitely be an improvement for git users. At least >>>>> splitting up into dev and user, like Mercurial does it too (which I am >>>>> used to). Not sure about announce though. >>>>> >>>>> When I recently subscribed to this list (after having been a long time >>>>> subscriber to the Mercurial lists too), I was interested in seeing >>>>> discussions about git usage to help me get started with git. >>>>> >>>>> I also think searching the archives would be a bit easier if discussions >>>>> of new git development details and its usage would be separated. >>>> >>>> Perhaps it would make more sense to simply create a new list for git >>>> newbies to get help, and to not change the nature of this existing list >>>> at all. >>> >>> Of course, I would be fine if this list here would be simply defined as >>> the "git development centric list" and a new, more usage-centric list >>> could be started (git-users ?). >> >> You mean something like: >> >> git-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> I don't participate there, but my impression is that it's really a user >> group. >> Oh. I didn't know that group existed. Interesting. Thanks for the pointer. > http://groups.google.com/group/git-users says "This is the git mailing > list for users, feel free to ask any question about git usage.", so > yes. I think we already have that list. Perhaps all we need to do is > to add a link to it on the front-page of git-scm.com, next to the link > to this? Perhaps something like "You can also ask the Git development > community directly at our git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list, or the Git > user community at git-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"? > > That would imply making it a bit more official, but perhaps it's a > good compromise? At least it could be mentioned on https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitCommunity ? Anyway, I've now filtered the PATCH emails as suggested and I'll keep subscribed here :) Thanks for the hints and pointers, everyone. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html