In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, L. David Baron wrote: > On Thursday 2003-09-18 10:18 +0000, Michael Lefevre wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, L. David Baron wrote: [snip] >> > Maybe we should have a mailing list for new contributors who are having >> > trouble getting reviews, or something like that. It could have a bunch >> > of core developers who are willing to step in, and at least find the >> > right reviewers. >> >> Not that I have any serious involvement in this stuff, but I don't see a >> new mailing list is going to help... which core developers willing to step >> in would be on the list that aren't already reading the newsgroup and/or >> on IRC? > > IRC isn't as good a method of reaching people as you might think.
It's a good method of bugging people and/or getting people to do something immediate. > I > certainly didn't know anything about this before this thread. Indeed. Using these newsgroups/lists more for their intended purpose would certainly be a good thing - I was questioning the concept of adding an additional list rather than using the existing ones... Maybe use of the newsgroups/lists for developers is something that will be helped by the move to a replacement news server and reorganisation of the groups. -- Michael
