Re: No October posts yet?

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <nospam@lisse.NA>
Reply-To: nospam@lisse.NA
Subject: Re: No October posts yet?
Date: 10/10/2024 11:46:19 AM
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex

I do not agree.
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They are low volume, easily identified by subject and there is next to
no discussion in thes news group anyway.

So what? I think it is preferable to have low high quality (or good)
posts in the newsgroup than a bot spamming update for every package in
CTAN. What purpose does it serve that RSS/Atom doesn't? Anyone interested
in discussing a package update can make a thread.

I also like the idea that a separate newsgroup comp.text.tex.ctan to keep
this newsgroup from getting overrun with the announcements. But then it
is redundant with a feed reader.

It's a bit of a shame, but it is understandable that this is not a
priority for the CTAN Team any longer, only a few dinosaurs know what
the Usenet is or even access it.

Agree. It is more work for CTAN team/admin. Better not bother.

    Annada

On 2024/10/10 05:56, Annada Behera wrote:

To be honest, I think CTAN Announcements are spam. It is high volume
 and drowns out the discussions here. For people who really need to
be up-to-date with CTAN packages (like people maintaining mirrors),
there is both Atom[2] and RSS[1] feed to help them keep track.
 
I think this channel should be for more interesting discussions.
 
Annada