Some questions: Have you had examples of people not being able to get involved due to the commons-user list's noise?
Just how much [math] noise is there on commons-user already? I know that I split commons-dev's math into its own folder, but it seems pretty quiet nowadays, and I don't see that much conversation happening on commons-user. I ask this because this was the reason for commons-httpclient going to its own list. Any thoughts on Jakarta Math or Apache Math rather than Commons Math? It's obviously a subject that can grow way beyond Jakarta Commons and are you feeling like this is a direction things are heading? Has there been any interest from other language users? Generally I'm +0 to commons-math-user existing. It's not bothering me, but if it'll help, why not? Hen On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Mark R. Diggory wrote: > Hello all, > > After some thought, I've come to the conclusion that Commons should > setup a separate user lists for the Math group. While I am in agreement > that the Commons is best served by sharing a "Development" list, I've > come to the conclusion that it is not best served when it comes to > "User" lists. Take the following example for instance: > > The Math group attracts both external user/developers who specifically > are Mathematicians/Statisticians. This external group is a specialized > niche of individuals who are interested solely in how the math project > can benefit them. They are interested in how the algorithms are > implemented and the stability of those algorithms. This means that they > are not going to want to participate in the list if they are flooded > with emails about every other subproject in the commons, they are not > going to want to have to deal with filtering the emails coming to the > list and some may not be very knowledgeable in this area either. These > are individuals who want to track the status of the Math project only, > interacting to provide better algorithms and approaches, a subject > matter which users of other commons components may not have an interest > in, so flooding the commons user list with these discussion wouldn't be > beneficial either. > > Assuming the lowest common denominator of "filter your messages or go > away" is not a positive stance to take when it comes to users, users > with which an "Open Source Project" needs to maximize its involvement > with. I think we would like to setup a separate email list for the math > project with the focus being it only is a user list oriented toward > discussion on how to use the math library and recommendations for > algorithm improvement. > > With this in mind, I recommend that math be able to establish a user > list for users to discuss these sort of math issues. > > -Mark > > -- > Mark R. Diggory > Software Developer > Harvard MIT Data Center > http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
