On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Anca Luca <[email protected]> wrote:

> +1 for [Contrib][<Project>]
>

+1


>
>
> 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
> > >> >
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