+1 for (4)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Cutting [mailto:cutt...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Doug Cutting
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:32 AM
> To: core-dev@hadoop.apache.org
> Subject: Re: more information about project split
>
> Owen O'Malley wrote:
> > I think the community is better served by having a mailing
> > list that is dominated by people posting rather than a deluge of jira
> > traffic.
>
> This is a somewhat false dichotomy: Jira messages are postings by
> people. Folks should not make changes in Jira without realizing this.
> This is one reason why I've long advocated that we should remove the
> ability for folks to edit Jira comments or for anyone but admins to
> remove Jira comments. If we disable emails then this becomes even more
> essential: folks should not be able to re-write project history.
>
> Jira actions are project actions, and the Apache convention is that
> project actions should be logged on public mailing lists. We should
> change that policy cautiously and only after consideration.
>
> > Choices:
> > 1. create/resolve/close to dev
> > 2. create/resolve/close to dev, others to jira
> > 3. create/comment/resolve/close to dev
> > 4. all to dev
> >
> > The problem with 3 is that you can add comments on most of the
> actions.
> > So either you capture all events or you only capture part of the
> comments.
>
> (4) Send create/resolve to -dev and all others to -issues (a new list)
> plus prohibit all comment edits and permit comment deletion only by
> admins. (Closing is not generally interesting, since it's only done to
> seal an issue once its included in a release.)
>
> +1 for (4)
>
> Doug
