I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!

I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D and new D software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on the first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours ago!

And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)

Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this list be just for annoucements of new D software releases?

Thank you, now flame away ;)

-- Jack

Jack Thorpe wrote:
> I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!
> 
> I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D and new D
> software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on the
> first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours ago!
> 
> And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)
> 
> Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this list be
> just for annoucements of new D software releases?
> 
> Thank you, now flame away ;)
> 
> -- Jack
> 
> 

Why dont you just use http://www.digitalmars.com/d/changelog.html?

Jack Thorpe wrote:
> I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!
> 
> I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D and new D
> software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on the
> first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours ago!
> 
> And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)
> 
> Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this list be
> just for annoucements of new D software releases?
> 
> Thank you, now flame away ;)
> 
> -- Jack
> 
> 

Or use Mozilla Thunderbird with Sort By -> Threading and Descending by post data :)

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James Dunne

Jack Thorpe wrote:
> I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!
> 
> I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D and new D
> software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on the
> first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours ago!
> 
> And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)
> 
> Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this list be
> just for annoucements of new D software releases?
> 
> Thank you, now flame away ;)
> 
> -- Jack
> 
> 

You can use an NG client that supports "threading", e.g. Thunderbird

On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Jack Thorpe wrote:

> I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!
> 
> I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D and new D software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on the first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours ago!
> 
> And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)
> 
> Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this list be just for annoucements of new D software releases?
> 
> Thank you, now flame away ;)
> 
> -- Jack

I too wish .announce was reserved for announcements and discussions moved to a more appropriate forum.  There's always .D for generic arguments. :)

"Brad Roberts" <braddr@puremagic.com> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0603081439070.30259@bellevue.puremagic.com...
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Jack Thorpe wrote:
>
>> I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!
>>
>> I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D
>> and new D
>> software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on
>> the
>> first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours ago!
>>
>> And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)
>>
>> Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this
>> list be
>> just for annoucements of new D software releases?
>>
>> Thank you, now flame away ;)
>>
>> -- Jack
>
> I too wish .announce was reserved for announcements and discussions moved to a more appropriate forum.  There's always .D for generic arguments. :)
Perhaps people could start a new thread for each subject as opposed to commenting on the release announcements?

On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:14:39 -0500, Ameer Armaly wrote:

> "Brad Roberts" <braddr@puremagic.com> wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.64.0603081439070.30259@bellevue.puremagic.com...
>> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Jack Thorpe wrote:
>>
>>> I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!
>>>
>>> I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D
>>> and new D
>>> software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on
>>> the
>>> first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours ago!
>>>
>>> And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)
>>>
>>> Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this
>>> list be
>>> just for annoucements of new D software releases?
>>>
>>> Thank you, now flame away ;)
>>>
>>> -- Jack
>>
>> I too wish .announce was reserved for announcements and discussions moved to a more appropriate forum.  There's always .D for generic arguments. :)
> Perhaps people could start a new thread for each subject as opposed to commenting on the release announcements?

Agreed. I've been guilty of discussing things in Announce too. Sorry.

-- 
Derek
(skype: derek.j.parnell)
Melbourne, Australia
"Down with mediocracy!"
9/03/2006 10:22:31 AM

Ameer Armaly wrote:
> Perhaps people could start a new thread for each subject as opposed to commenting on the release announcements?

Just post all announcements cross-posted to D, and with Followup-To only the D group.

Brad Roberts wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Jack Thorpe wrote:
> 
>> I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!
>>
>> I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D and new D
>> software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on the
>> first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours ago!
>>
>> And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)
>>
>> Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this list be
>> just for annoucements of new D software releases?
>>
>> Thank you, now flame away ;)
>>
>> -- Jack
> 
> I too wish .announce was reserved for announcements and discussions moved to a more appropriate forum.  There's always .D for generic arguments. :)

If the discussion is closely related to the release, I'll probably keep it on .announce, but if it is more big, significant or general than that, yes, the best is to cross post to D (like Bools Reloaded), and then stop replying on .announce.

Regardless, the original poster should get a better newsgroup client!

-- 
Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D

"Bruno Medeiros" <daiphoenixNO@SPAMlycos.com> wrote in message news:duph36$grg$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Brad Roberts wrote:
>> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, Jack Thorpe wrote:
>>
>>> I hate to start another flame war, but I hate flame wars!
>>>
>>> I come here to digitalmars.D.announce to find the latest releases of D
>>> and new D
>>> software. But today, I almost can't find Walter's DMD 149 anouncement on
>>> the
>>> first page anymore, and I checked late last night less than 11 hours
>>> ago!
>>>
>>> And really, I don't have time to scan three pages of new postings everyday :)
>>>
>>> Please, could we start a  digitalmars.D.design  newsgroup and let this
>>> list be
>>> just for annoucements of new D software releases?
>>>
>>> Thank you, now flame away ;)
>>>
>>> -- Jack
>>
>> I too wish .announce was reserved for announcements and discussions moved to a more appropriate forum.  There's always .D for generic arguments. :)
>
> If the discussion is closely related to the release, I'll probably keep it on .announce, but if it is more big, significant or general than that, yes, the best is to cross post to D (like Bools Reloaded), and then stop replying on .announce.
>
What about just starting a brand new thread on .D; wouldn't that be a bit
better suited for that group?  Furthermore, replying to a new release
announcement doesn't gain you that much in terms of quoting something; I'm
pretty sure that anyone reading any of these groups keeps up with the
releases.
Opinions?
> Regardless, the original poster should get a better newsgroup client!
>
> -- 
> Bruno Medeiros - CS/E student http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D