Is this list redundant?

[michael norman]

On 16/05/16 20:14, Jon Davies wrote:
> On 16 May 2016 at 19:32, David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org> wrote:
>> Is there still a benefit to having this list at all? Would we be better
>> off shutting it down entirely?
>
> while there's some rubbish on this list, there are still valid support
> questions being raised and an email list suits some people better than
> others. (There's spam on the forums as well... and for me I find it
> easier to filter out in email...)
>
>> 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?
>
> that one I can't make an argument for keeping.  the repo over on
> github seems to be the source of everything nowadays (and I confess I
> changed the ubuntu build scripts to pull from there some time ago).  I
> wouldn't cry if the infradead copy disappeared.
>
>> 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...
>
> whatever is or isn't going on now, the contribution you've made to
> get-iplayer by hosting it, particularly the speed with which you
> picked it up after Phil Lewis stopped, is definitely appreciated.
> Thank you for your support to the project over the years, and long may
> it continue :-)
>
> Thanks
> Jon
>
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+1 to that, especially the last paragraph.