[Mp4-tech] split the tech list?

[Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)]

All,
Splitting sounds reasonable, and of course people want to limit 
the number of unnecessary mails they receive.
But please also look at the potential disadvantages:
- people cross-posting to mutliple lists for 
	- questions that cross boundaries
	- questions where people are unsure which list is appropriate
- people posting to the wrong list altogether
- more admin overhead (you don't see this, but the admins certainly do.
  In this age of abundant spams, ALL posts are checked before they are
  released. The more lists, the more checking hassle.)
- What about questions that do not neatly fall under audio, video or
  systems? Need a fourth list 'other'? 
Would Ralph's idea of giving the question a subject like [video] be a
reasonable compromise?
I'm not saying the split is a bad idea, but just suggesting to give it
a little bit further thought.
Thanks,
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mp4-tech-bounces lists.mpegif.org 
> [mailto:mp4-tech-bounces lists.mpegif.org] On Behalf Of Helmut Ziegler
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2024 21:29
> To: Ralph Sperschneider
> Cc: MP4-Tech List; D.Domazet
> Subject: Re: [Mp4-tech] split the tech list?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I also think that splitting of the tech-list would bring advantages.
> If there were the three lists [audio][video][systems] and 
> someone wants 
> to get all mails, she/he can subscribe to all.
> Others only subscribe to the list they are interested in.
> Maybe that could also strengthen the sense of a developer 
> community for 
> a certain part of the MPEG-4 Standard.
> 
> So long,
> Helmut
> 
> 
> Ralph Sperschneider wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > D.Domazet wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Maybe it would be good to split the tech list into video and audio 
> >> (mabe systems also). For example, my interest is audio, and lately 
> >> most of the posts were video. This means that I got a 
> bunch of (for 
> >> me) useless emails. Lets be honest: MPEG is huge and there 
> isn't many 
> >> people around interested in all it's aspects.
> >>
> >> If your response to this sugestion is significant, people 
> at mpegif 
> >> might as well fulfill our wish. So please, respond!
> >>
> >> Daniel
> >>
> >
> > Hi Daniel, all,
> >
> > your request is reasonable. It´s however a question of how to deal 
> > with it. It turns out that some people don´t like the idea 
> of a list 
> > split. It would however already help if people consequently 
> would us 
> > meaningful subjects. To make the scope of a message even cleaner I 
> > would suggest to stating [audio] [video] [systems] etc. in front of 
> > the actual subject.
> >
> > BTW: I suggested the usage of clear subjects already some time ago, 
> > but have not had much success. On the other side - people  
> should not 
> > wonder not to get appropriate response if they do not use proper 
> > subjects.
> >
> > But in times where some people do still not use any subject 
> at all or 
> > meaningless onces like "help" we should not expect too much.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Ralph
> 
> 
> 
> 
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