+1 for [Contrib][<Project>]
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Thomas Mortagne <[email protected]> wrote: > Then [Contrib][<Project>] I guess. > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Anca Luca <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually I don't like the idea of having the name of the application > itself > > and not a unique keyword because it's not easy to have filters in the > mail > > client for all the names of the applications on contrib (I cannot imagine > > how I would create these filters). With a single keyword filters are > easier > > to do. > > > > Let's please decide quickly on this, because I see there is already > contrib > > related activity that I am missing... > > > > Thanks, > > Anca > > > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Eduard Moraru <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > > On 08 Apr 2016, at 11:43, Anca Luca <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Hello all, > >> > > > >> > > Since http://xwiki.markmail.org/thread/jrug6cbbqpia5bx4 (but not > only) > >> > the > >> > > rule says that we should discuss contrib related stuff with the > >> > community. > >> > > In my case, I cannot manage to follow all the mails on the > >> > [email protected] > >> > > (because they are a lot) but I would be particularly interested of > not > >> > > missing the ones about contrib extensions. > >> > > >> > Since the dev rules for xwiki contrib are now the same as for xwiki > core > >> > (i.e. dev.xwiki.org), I’m not sure if it makes sense to differentiate > >> > proposals. Maybe you could just filter mails with "[Proposal]" and > >> "[VOTE]”? > >> > > >> > > However, today, I don't know how > >> > > to differentiate them, I would need to read all [email protected] to > not > >> > miss > >> > > one. > >> > > > >> > > There are multiple solutions that I can propose for this, please > let me > >> > > know what you think: > >> > > 1/ have a contrib mailing list > >> > > >> > I feel that xwiki-contrib might be large enough now to warrant a > mailing > >> > list but maybe not 2 (users and devs). > >> > > >> > However there are issues: > >> > > >> > * Notifications from jira. We could have a single [email protected] > >> > mailing for everything related to contrib (users, devs, > notifications). > >> > > >> > * Users don’t know if what they’re using from e.x.o is from Core or > from > >> > Contrib so they’d have a hard time choosing the right list from > >> > http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/MailingLists. For > example > >> > right now we have: "[email protected] : For questions about using > XWiki, > >> > using the XWiki API, suggestions for improvements, ideas, etc.” > >> > > >> > > >> > > 2/ have an alias for the contrib that would send on the same list, > this > >> > way > >> > > we could filter by the "to" field > >> > > 3/ have a convention about mails related to contrib (e.g. [Contrib] > in > >> > the > >> > > subject) that would allow to filter > >> > > >> > This is probably the simplest ATM. The pros is that it wouldn’t create > >> any > >> > fragmentation between Contrib and Core, which is probably a good > thing. > >> > > >> > > 4/ any other technical solution that I didn't think about that would > >> > allow > >> > > to automatically decide if a mail is about contrib or not, without > >> > reading > >> > > it :D > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > 1, 2 and even 4 are perfectly fine with me, 3 is a bit risky because > >> > people > >> > > might not follow conventions. > >> > > > >> > > What do you think? > >> > > >> > If we follow the direction that we’re trying to take, which is to > have a > >> > single large community (ie bring contrib and core together), I think > the > >> > best is to keep using the same lists as now but do a best effort of > using > >> > "[Contrib]” for mails related only to contrib stuff. > >> > > >> > >> IMO contrib devs should be up to date with the changes in the platform > and > >> we should keep the communication tight with the platform. As we can see, > >> many topics on contrib apps trace down to the platform and vice-versa. > >> > >> It would also not be very helpful for the project/community to do such a > >> segregation, so I agree with Vincent. > >> > >> Since we are talking about contrib (which are devs and which have a > guide > >> to follow), as Thomas suggested, it would be a helpful idea to mention > the > >> app in the subject so that we can apply filters in the mail client, > should > >> we need them. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Eduard > >> > >> > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > -Vincent > >> > > >> > > Anca > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > devs mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> devs mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > -- > Thomas Mortagne > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
