I think it would be good. We already have dev and user. The same reason we decided to start with the 2 until we had any real need for more, versus all the tech specific lists we had at NetBeans.org, seems reasonable, and to apply here as well. If it is an issue, we'll know/see it, and if not, then 1 less place to look for info. So, +1 from my pov.
That said, it would be good to see the netcat members view on it. One can certainly contribute there without all the dev@ noise if they like it, so from their view, it may not be so simple. I really think that should have some weight. Either way, it does need to be clear any dev decisions or direction needs to go to dev@ as netcat is not the place for community votes. Wade On Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 17:15 Emilian Bold <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I believe all the Apache NetBeans contributors should use the dev@ > mailing list. > > The dev@ mailing list is our Apache 'central square' so to speak and even > if we don't work on the same particular issue, we should get to know > each-other, at least by name. > > The separate netcat@ mailing list is splitting the contributor community. > > I think initially netcat@ was created because it might have too much > traffic. But looking at the archives I see dev@ has an average of 460 > emails per month while netcat@ is much more spiky and reached its maximum > of 350 emails during March while now it's at 30-40 emails per month. > > Of course, emails are grouped into threads / topics so they are easier to > follow or ignore. Thus, the load is not that much. > > Personally, I was surprised a while back how familiar Efrem Mc was on the > dev@ mailing list and I just didn't know who he was. Turns out, he is > much more active in NetCAT but I was not subscribed to netcat@ at that > time. > > Enthusiasm is contagious and if people doing NetCAT care a lot about > something it will spill into development interest too. And a development > problem might invite some second look from quality acceptance. > > So my suggestion is to bring all NetCAT communication onto the dev@ > mailing list. > > I would like to hear your opinion and I hope that at the end we'll have a > VOTE about this. > > PS: I'm crossposting this to both the dev@ and the netcat@ mailing list. > > --emi > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
