Okay okay, so who is going to update the website?
On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]>wrote: > I think having a user@ can be created, but in practice no value add > > 1. users will not use it (for various reasons already mentioned in this > thread) > 2. committers and subject matter experts will not use it to answer > questions (if they do, just to copy paste a template "use jira or SO") > > If the problem is that we don't trust SO to be there tomorrow and go > offline, then lets implement an archive that backups all questions and > answers tag with "cordova" and for that matter also backup the phonegap > google group :-). > > IMHO I think SO and google groups are reliable ecosystems and they will not > go down tomorrow, and if they are not around in 50 years that's fine if at > least they are around for 6 months which is I think how long people have > current issues and problems that are relevant to this project. > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Joe Bowser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Shane Curcuru <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > (not subscribed to list) > > > > > > Terrence brings up a critical point about how the Apache Way works: > > > > > > > I knew that the "Apache Way" would be mentioned. Every time we have > > to do something that makes no sense, hurts or users, it's because of > > "The Apache Way"! > > > > The fact is that our users are not technically adept and I doubt that > > they could find a Cordova users list, and that if they found such a > > users list, most of them would eventually be stuck on that list > > forever because they wouldn't know how to unsubscribe from that list. > > Also, searching for anything on the archives of the Apache lists is > > extremely painful, and the only times I've seen that happen is when > > malicious Apache members want to go and smear the crap out of the > > project finding every time I've bashed the ASF and "the Apache Way". > > I think most of our users will get frustrated by markmail and will > > either ask the same thing over and over again, even though it's in the > > docs or just leave. > > > > Can we for once actually think of our users and not how to mess them > > over with "The Apache Way"? > > > > > > -- > Carlos Santana > <[email protected]> >
