Dear users, there have been some changes to the mailing lists, the way we intend to provide information about Castor an dits progress in the future, etc.
* New mailing list * We have created a new 'castor-user' mailing list which will be dedicated to the users of Castor. This list will be used by users and committers equally to discuss items such as: - General usage questions. - Problems using Castor. We advise all users of Castor to subscribe to this new list. The 'castor-dev' mailing list from now on will be mainly dedicated to discuss issues related to further development of Castor. This list will be used by the main committers to discuss items such as: - Bug reports/enhancement requests. - Ongoing development activities. - New features to be incorporated into the product. We invite everybody (interested) to subscribe to this mailing list, as we believe that feedback from the user community on many of these issues is essential for the progress of the project. If you are unsure about where to post a question to, please use castor-user first. By all means, please avoid cross-posting messages to both lists by default, as it will decrease the quality of service we would like to offer. Having said that, there will be valid cases for cross-posting a message (e.g. us confirming that a problem is a result of a bug, and hence referring you to castor-dev for further discussions), but in general the use of this should be restricted as much as possible. * Interaction and acronyms * As we believe that an effective interaction with the user community is essential for Castor to progress as a project, we have decided to establish a slightly more structured approach in dealing with many of the issues we and you encounter. Especially on (but not necessarily restricted to) 'castor-dev', we will be much more interactive about many of the issues mentioned above. As such, we have decided to structure our messages more thoroughly, and have come up with the following set of acronyms to show our intention: - RFC - Request For Comment - RFV - Request For Voting - ANN - ANNouncement - RFR - Request For Review * [XML] or [JDO] * Please prefix your messages to all mailing list with either [XML] or [JDO]. This will help us to improve the time it takes us to react to your needs. Having said that, all committers will actively monitor both areas. Regards Werner PS All the information provided in this message can be found at http://castor.exolab.org/lists.html, including the current set of mailing list guidelines. ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe castor-dev
