Hi Ralph > Just my random, well-intentioned 2 cents on the frequency with > which "user" questions show up here. > > Mind you, I don't find them all that annoying; some - including me - would > say it doesn't hurt to have "developers" see what the real world is up to. But > I have noticed that increasingly folks show signs of having been told (off > list) > that they're asking in the wrong place.
It's not that we're not also on the fop-user list, you know. I think we're just trying to get users to finally use fop-user for their questions. More and more, they can also help themselves. That's a good sign. I mean we have a big user base already and a relatively small developer circle on the other side. And some of them are working hard on the redesign so that some user requirements are even possible to implement. But I think nobody has ever been told off without an answer to the question a the same time. It has taken a long time to separate fop-dev and fop-user. To do that people had/have to be redirected (as politely as possible, of course). > I can't help but wonder if some of the user questions that stray onto this > list do so because of confusion engendered by the list names. > > I can imagine someone thinking > > "ah, I, a developer building a fop app, need help; > I'll send my question to this here fop-dev list" > > I could go on about the disinclination of certain red-blooded developers > to ever believe they are a "user" but maybe I won't go there ;-) > > Perhaps a simple rename of the current fop-dev to Fop-internals would help ? You may be right. It may be a weak argument that the dev/user scheme is used all over the XML project. In this regard your thought should probably be targeted one level higher up. > btw Some might say the web page is pretty explicit about which > list is which - to which I might say "and your point is ?" > > Oh my, I hope this doesn't launch a firestorm ;-) We'll see. :-) Cheers, Jeremias M�rki mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OUTLINE AG Postfach 3954 - Rhynauerstr. 15 - CH-6002 Luzern Tel. +41 41 317 2020 - Fax +41 41 317 2029 Internet http://www.outline.ch --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
