Offtopic noise: BBC iPlayer viewers now need a...

[tellyaddict]

I think there is still a benefit to having the list.

I don't really mind the off topic stuff and if I don't want to read it then I won't. I have learned some interesting things from the stuff that gets posted here. I've learned stuff about Audio/Video Factory and composing commands etc that I wouldn't otherwise have learned from the forums alone. There are also other users here who offer support on the list but aren't on the forums.

> On Sat, 2016-05-14 at 00:38 +0100, Peter S Kirk wrote:
> > 
> > Stop the OT poltical campainging posts:
> > "Over 275,000 of us signed an emergency petition to keep the BBC
> > independent"
> > 
> > List is for GiP discussion and help ONLY.
> > 
> > Respect that and take politics elsewhere.
> 
> I have barred that thread, although I don't generally favour censorship
> as a solution to anything.
> 
> However... it seems that this list is mostly used these days for
> offtopic crap, and for technical queries which get referred to the
> forums.
> 
> Is there still a benefit to having this list at all? Would we be better
> off shutting it down entirely?
> 
> Likewise the git repository on git.infradead.org — if development is
> happening on github, there's no point in just mirroring it here, is
> there? I was happy to provide services (and even try to learn a bit of
> perl) when Phil Lewis bowed out, but it now seems that there's a fairly
> capable community around it and it's not clear what benefit I continue
> to provide...
>  
> -- 
> dwmw2