On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Manfred Geiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -1 for permissions change for dev@ > +1 for a clearer description > > any native speaker volunteering?
Nice move ;-) > > --Manfred > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -1 >> >> However, it's true that Apache product users often consider themselves >> developer and thus post on the developer forum even when their question >> should really be on the user list. We could probably reduce such occurrences >> a little by adding a clearer explanation of the purpose of each list on the >> mailing page. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> ~ Simon >> >> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Paul Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Andrew, >>> >>> The dev@ mailing list is described on the Jakarts site[1] as: >>> The "Developer" lists where you can send questions and comments about >>> the actual software source code and general "development" types of >>> questions. >>> >>> Making the developer list private is extreme and I would resist this >>> change. Their are many productive discussion on the developer list that >>> include non-committers or non-pmc members. >>> >>> Are the posting to the developer list because the question is not answered >>> on the user list? If so, then lets address this problem first. If not, >>> then should the response to an user@ post on the dev@ list be something like >>> "You have posted this to the wrong list, please repost this on the user@ >>> list" >>> >>> The dev@ mailing list is described on the Jakarts site[1] as: >>> The "Developer" lists where you can send questions and comments about >>> the actual software source code and general "development" types of >>> questions. >>> >>> Making the developer list private is extreme. Their are many discussion >>> on the developer list that include non-committers or non-pmc members. >>> >>> >>> Paul Spencer >>> >>> [1]http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html >>> >>> >>> Andrew Robinson wrote: >>>> >>>> Is it possible to make dev@ a private mailing list, so only commiters >>>> and people that PMCs decide should have access to post are allowed to >>>> send emails to this list? That way we can reduce the accidental >>>> posting to dev@ instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> -Andrew >>>> >>> >> >> > -- Matthias Wessendorf blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf twitter: http://twitter.com/mwessendorf
