[linux-audio-user] [linux-audio-announce] linux-audio-announce

[Chris Cannam]

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> I'm not surprised that noone reads laa.; Lots of people are
> crossposting their announcements to lau, and some even add lad to the
> list. If people would stop doing this, there would be incentive to
> read laa.

I'm not sure about that.  Probably just nobody would see the
announcements, and the people who aren't subscribed to
linux-audio-announce would continue to forget it exists.

The difference in readership is really substantial:

  http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/subscribe.php3

enough that it's pretty much a practical necessity to crosspost
for major releases, even if in principle it may not be a good
idea.  Rather than just stopping, it would be better to find
other ways to encourage people to subscribe to LAA first.

(Hey, everyone -- subscribe to LAA now!)

The other reasonable viewpoint is that you should subscribe to
LAA only if you are _not_ subscribed to LAD or LAU but you still
want to get the announcements.  If that is a common viewpoint,
that would certainly explain the difference in subscriber counts.


Chris