Re: gEDA-user: Dev list [was: Random thoughts on the future interface of PCB]

2010-12-10 Thread Kai-Martin Knaak
Peter Clifton wrote: I don't want to get into the world of bad feeling Note, that the current exclusive status produces bad feelings, too. When topics on the dev list affect usability or the future of the project, it transports the impression, that mere mortal users are not supposed to have

Re: gEDA-user: Dev list [was: Random thoughts on the future interface of PCB]

2010-12-09 Thread Peter TB Brett
On Thursday 09 Dec 2010 09:35:53 Stephan Boettcher wrote: DJ Delorie d...@delorie.com writes: If you want to become a PCB committer, the process starts by writing good patches, reviewing other people's patches, and being involved in design discussions. When it gets to the point where the

Re: gEDA-user: Dev list [was: Random thoughts on the future interface of PCB]

2010-12-09 Thread gedau
On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 10:27:31AM +, Peter TB Brett wrote: snip If I remember correctly, a major factor in the closure of the gEDA-dev list was that the signal to noise ratio became very low. There were several people, few of whom *ever* submitted patches, loudly and rudely telling

Re: gEDA-user: Dev list [was: Random thoughts on the future interface of PCB]

2010-12-09 Thread Gareth Edwards
Hi Peter, On 9 December 2010 10:27, Peter TB Brett pe...@peter-b.co.uk wrote: Perhaps the time has come to reconsider the role of and access to the gEDA-dev list?  How can we ensure that it doesn't collapse into an unproductive bikeshedfest again? Honestly, I don't think that time has come. I

Re: gEDA-user: Dev list [was: Random thoughts on the future interface of PCB]

2010-12-09 Thread Peter Clifton
On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 11:48 +0100, ge...@igor2.repo.hu wrote: It may be rude to state, but there are about 3 or 4 persons at most, who cause this sort of frustration on the user mailing list and on irc. I would say if you can set up some sort of simple, short but clear policy about what