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Re: Suggestion: New Guile mailing list



I found the set! discussion very helpful; I've got about a page of
written notes.  And not all the contributors (by any means) were part
of the check-in group.  There needs to be an open forum for these
discussions.

The GIMP has separate mailing lists for users and developers, and the
division doesn't work very well at all.  There are lots of posts that
seem inappropriate for the given list, and the actual developers seem
to ignore the users lists.

Since Guile's API is clearly still forming, I don't think we could
pull off a good developer/user split; the two roles aren't really
segregated in reality.

Our effective stance has been that, if you want to use Guile, you'll
have to put up with immature, undocumented sources.  (This isn't how
things should continue, but it's how they are.)  I think that, until
that changes, it makes sense to take the analogous position about the
mailing lists: if you want to participate in discussions about Guile,
you'll have to put up with discussions about Guile's internals.

So I hope people won't leave, but I think we should stick with one
list.