On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 5:41 AM, Michael Banck<[email protected]> wrote:
> at Debconf9, there was a BoF about the debian-devel list and how we > could possibly make it more attractive. Was this recorded (I can't find it in the initial video release)? > * Reconsider CCs ... > Regarding CCs, it was hightlighted that the current list conduct > explicitely says (since a short while ago) people should refrain from > complaining about CCs on-list and do this privately. Further discussion > made clear that most of the people present might consider getting CCed a > small nuisance, but consider discussions about this much more > disrupting. Furthermore, some people actually like being CCed on > things, though maybe more to attract their attention to threads they > would otherwise not read (and not as direct replies to them). I've noticed the on-list whining about CCs has dropped off dramatically since the policy was changed. However, I still get CCed fairly often. > * Maybe split off WNPP Traffic to a new -wnpp list? ... > The other discussed item was about ITPs. It turned out that roughly 20% > of the debian-devel list traffic are ITPs and discussions thereof. > While it is clear that ITPs should get reviewed, maybe not all of them > have to be copied to -devel. It was suggested that for mass-filings > (sometimes people file the ITP for a dozen perl libraries needed as > Build-Depends/Depends for a package in one go), something less-intrusive > could be used, maybe perhaps a summary posting. Another option is that > specific teams like the perl or the games teams review ITPs in their > field, while only generic ITPs get copied to -devel. The list already exists, but it recieves all traffic from all wnpp bugs and is therefore rather high-traffic: http://lists.debian.org/debian-wnpp/2009/08/threads.html So if ITP/O/RFA are to be split out, a new list might need to be created. I also wonder how they are to be split out, IIRC currently the only reason they are sent there is because of reportbug setting X-Debbugs-CC on ITP mails. I guess reportbug could cease that practice for ITP bugs, I do wonder how many folks add it manually due to established convention though. Agreed about the mass-filings. Personally I find ITP mails on debian-devel useful. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
