[evtech] Re: EVTECH Old vs EVTECH New lists: We need to make a decision as a group.
- From: Dorn Hetzel <dorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: evtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:33:12 -0400
Perhaps we should address the problem directly, by discussing with Sheer a
"plan B" for when he is unavailable.
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:26 PM, eric@xxxxxxxxx <eric@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roger,
>
> The existence of the list was the very problem that precipitated the
> creation of the new list. It's easy to say in hindsight "the list is
> here [now], and we don't have a reason to abandon it." There was a
> *very* good reason to abandon it: It was gone, and there wasn't any
> indication it would ever return. There's been a loss in confidence
> about the reliability of the EVTECH list as it is. It goes down for
> days at a time; this last outage was a rather long one. In the past,
> a simple note to sheer cleared it up, but this time he dropped off the
> face of the planet. This isn't an indictment of sheer: Shit Happens;
> we can all understand that. Problem is there isn't a "Plan B."
>
> I think the concern over the stability of the list is valid; perhaps
> if there were redundant servers and (especially) administrators these
> concerns might be satisfied.
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Roger Stockton <rstockton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I can only speak for myself, but I've been on EVTECH since Sheer created
> it, and as long as the EVTECH list exists, this is where I'll be staying.
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