Re: about the new list...

["thuledingles-tclayton" <tclayton@...>]

I am a newbie, without expertise in script languages, but the concepts of Lua sounded cool.  My first impression with lua-l was that the list owner was spamming me.  What a shock!  Luiz, lhf, expertly corrected my misapprehension, behind the scenes, and told me of the upcoming list-change.

Soon, the list-change effort became public, and my second important impression of Lua began:  the selection & implementation of a new list-system contains complications & permutations, some technical but others human.  Lately, I have anticipated the new twists & turns in the list-saga with each batch of mail.

I am sure that the spam-noise issue and the list-change effort are unwanted diversions for the primary players in the Lua project.  They have 'better things to do', no doubt.  While the lead personnel are the decision-makers, the Lua community and list-users have shown an interest & concern with the implementation of the new list.  Perhaps a period of public hashing of list ideas and considerations could be helpful (tho I noticed that public input did not become noticeable until very (too) late in change-over...).

This message, then, is to note that the list-change is really quite important, that it is perhaps a bit more involved than anticipated, and that the Lua community itself can be and maybe should be (more) active participants in the change.

Ted Clayton


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>
To: Multiple recipients of list <lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:33 AM
Subject: about the new list...


Unfortunately, there are some problems with the new list server...
So, for now, we will have to stay with the old list.

Sorry about that,

-- Roberto