[Gretl-users] New mailing list? (was Re: Johansen question)

Before creating a new list for discussion of econometrics, maybe it would be worthwhile to check if another list already serves the same purpose (see for example http://www.feweb.vu.nl/econometriclinks/mailing/).

Even if we come to the conclusion that there is a niche to be filled, maybe it would make sense to at least coordinate with the R people?

OTOH, I'm not overly enthusiastic to have general econometric discussions on gretl-users. It's true that the traffic here is not high, and this is also due to the fact that in the past off-topic (=not gretl-specific) questions have been discouraged. But this low traffic makes it possible that a relevant number of subscribers are actually following most (if not all) threads. I fear that if general econometric questions are discussed (which I believe will be quite basic most of the time) then some people might pay less attention to the list in general, with detrimental effects on the gretl-specific issues.