On Tue, 29 May 2018 12:23:20 +0200 "Knurpht @ openSUSE" <knurpht@opensuse.org> wrote:
The board has talked about this, *not* out of some wicked idea, but because it was asked to many times. Users refuse to use the opensuse@ for (quotes)83 posts long threads, where the solution already is in post #4 ; long threads that contain nothing but completely off-topic stuff, but come up in my searches because of their titles ; far too many dunnos that don't add any value (/quotes) . I must say that I checked a number of examples thrown at me, by some google searches, and I have no way to deny this feedback.
But with respect, none of that matters. Mailing lists aren't designed to serve their purpose via a google search. It doesn't matter whether their archives return useful hits to non-subscribers. What does matter is whether the list subscribers get answers useful to them, and indeed other information or maybe even just companionship at times. And they recieve those communications via email sent to them, not by some web tool. If they wanted a web tool they would use the forum. FWIW, I'm a member of both this list and the forum, and for that matter also take an RSS feed from a couple of opensuse sites. But I find that I hardly ever visit the forum, and I hardly ever bother reading the RSS feeds, but I do find it worthwhile to visit this list most every day. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org