Subj : Re: FSX_HOMELAB?
To   : paulie420
From : Avon
Date : Mon Sep 23 2024 11:15 am

On 18 Sep 2024 at 07:29p, paulie420 pondered and said...
 
 pa>  pF> We'd talked about having an echo for homelab/server/VM discussions,
 pa>  pF> seems like there's a lot of people who could contribute. Would love t
 pa>  pF> see something like that happen.
 pa> 
 pa> I'd like an echo like this - but fsxNet is usually slow to add; and thats
 pa> almost a good thing... we know what we have and new echoes sometimes get
 pa> some traction for a minute and then are just dead weight.
 pa> 
 pa> I'd like it, but wonder if theres enough folks to make it active - we'll
 pa> see what Avon thinks, but I love that fsxNet is solid and stable.

I'm open to it, won't look at this until I get back from some planned travels. I think I should revisit the current echomail list just to see what may need trimming... but what I have also learned is that it's easy to add but hard to remove an echo once added as some systems keep sending posts to retired echos long after they have been pulled.  Guess it all comes down to how the HUB software can handle such things.

With HPT I think we negate it with write level access being set higher than normal node privileges allow for.  I think ClrgHouz does the same - Deon?

Anyway I digress. I'm not against an echo that's being requested over many months being created. I'm also never 100% sure if inactivity in some echos is necessarily a bad thing and should ensure an echo is retired. Some stuff if more niche it seems and ebbs and flows in popularity.

I do think having echos with wider topic coverage is better than really niche so support the idea mooted by someone else (sorry can't recall who) that perhaps a modern computing echo vs the retro one may suffice?

Poindexter - ping me again in 2-3 weeks time and we'll circle back to this and look to sort :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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