[Mp4-tech] split the tech list?

[Herbert Thoma]

Hi all,
I think that there would be more disadvantages than benefits in 
splitting the technotes list. And the technotes list is not really
a high volume list (15 mails in the last week, 3 of them about
splitting the list ...). I would prefer to keep one list.
Kind regards,
 Herbert.
"Rob Koenen (MPEGIF)" schrieb:
> 
> 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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