On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Axel Thimm wrote: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 12:04:22PM +0100, Philip Rowlands wrote: > > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Axel Thimm wrote: > > > > >a) Ask people on ivtv-devel to consider switching to ivtv-users, and > > > follow-up discussions pertaining to user content to the user > > > list. Diverting threads is cumbersome and requires discipline. > > > > > >b) subscribe all back to the users' list and have the people > > > interested in ivtv-development resubscribe to the emptied > > > ivtv-devel > > > > > >c) merge the two lists to simply ivtv (e.g. drop ivtv-users and rename > > > ivtv-devel to ivtv while moving the few users accounts over). > > > > > >d) leave it as it is > > > > > >Your vote? > > > > ivtv: In case of problems please include the debug info > > ivtv: between the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines when > > ivtv: mailing the ivtv-devel mailinglist. > > > > I personally came straight to ivtv-devel because of that instruction. > > Looking through the last month of ivtv-users, there seem to be a good > > number of bug reports which probably belong on ivtv-devel, a few > > unanswered queries, even fewer resolved issues. And spam. > > > > I'm quite happy with the list setup as-is, and would encourage > > ivtv-users to come over here. Frequently Asked Questions are easily > > dealt with, and the searchable history of questions with useful answers > > is a valuable user resource whether they subscribe or not. > > > > Vote: c/d, preserving ivtv-devel because of the printk message. > > In the long run (if trac's ticketing system is deemed to be of real > benefit) this should be replaced with (a pointer to) instructions on > how to submit a bug report. > > But still this is a very valid point, thanks for bringing it up! > -- > Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net >
In my experience, pointing to a bug tracking system is a bad idea. Most of the time installation issues are not related to bugs but rather user error. Personally, I'm all for spliting the two again. Just my $.02 Greg. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ ivtv-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ivtv-devel
