[lisp-interest] Archives? Lists for technical discussion

[Robin Whittle <rw@firstpr.com.au>]

Hi!

I joined this list following an invitation from Dino on the RRG list.

  http://psg.com/lists/rrg/2008/msg01677.html

after I tried to discuss what I call the "LISP-ALT long paths"
problem on the RRG list:

  http://psg.com/lists/rrg/2008/msg01676.html

Are there any archives?  It is pretty tricky turning up on a mailing
list where the membership and previous discussions are not known.

If this is a list purely for LISP developers, then that is a problem
for me - since I am developing Ivip and am critical of LISP.

The RRG list is not a happy place for detailed technical discussion,
and I have suggested another list be established as the central
place for detailed discussions about the routing scaling problem,
including especially the current potentially practical solutions.

I will be happy to discuss my long-path critique here.  But if the
archives are not public, to what extent can the debate be reported
to a public list such as the RRG or something else?  How would
anyone outside lisp-interest learn from the debate?

I suggested either the RAM list or a new alternative list to the RRG
list, and to my surprise Tony Li suggested he could moderate another
list:

  http://psg.com/lists/rrg/2008/msg01539.html

However, after I proposed a scope for such a list, with a rationale
which includes keeping the RRG focused as Tony and Lixia desire it,
while keeping the detailed discussion on a closely related
"RRG-Sandbox" list:

  http://psg.com/lists/rrg/2008/msg01540.html

I got the impression they were not very keen on this.

lisp-interest is not the general technical discussion list I think
we need.  If nothing emerges in the next month or so, I will
probably start my own list, with public archives.

I think it would be better to have something like RRG-Sandbox under
the IRTF, or a list moderated by some kind soul who wasn't
developing their own solution.

  - Robin