Subject: Re: time to split the list?

From: Ken Gaugler <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 16:15:09 -0700

At 01:58 PM 9/5/96 PDT, you wrote:
>Some newbies tell me they find debian-user intimidating due to the high
>level of technical discussion that sometimes goes on there. Is it time
>to split the list? About 2 years ago I proposed a separate list just for
>people trying to install the system. At the time we did not have enough
>traffic for that. We probably do now.
>
>I would propose:
>
>	debian-install
>	debian-nontechnical
>	debian-technical
>
>Now I just have to find our list administrator :-) .
>
>	Bruce
>
>
>

Maybe debian-user and debian-install, to keep it simple?
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From: Billy Chow <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 96 11:20:46 BST

>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Gaugler <[email-masked]> writes:

Ken> Maybe debian-user and debian-install, to keep it simple?  

I second this.

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