Pascal Chevrel wrote: >Excuse me but if this newsgroup is for developpers only, why isn't it called >netscape.developper.mozilla.mail-news and put on a secure server with a >login/password access ? > Because this is *open* source. Everybody is allowed to participate.
Ask Netscape why they didn't put "developer" in the name. It is planned to change to such a name, but, ask Netscape, why they don't get their servers sorted out. Gerv, can you step on a few feet in your IT (or however you call server admins) department, sp that they get this cruft on? They are struggling with that server since one year already. One year. Some companies didn't live that long. It can't be that hard to install a news server, can it? If all fails, install the &(% inn yourself. The hardware is there. >This attitude is plainly stupid, if you don't want to waste your time and you >energy, then do not respond. > I tried that, but people like Jay and co always keep it going on, by responding to them, until I go crazy and yell around. Then it's quiet for a week or two and it starts over again. >If you do not want users to give their feedback and >to file bug, work on a closed-source project and you will not have to deal with >us. > No. We do want to be open for people interested in development (incl. serious testing). An important part of that is to be open for lurkers. So important that it's part of the spirit. Don't you see the difference? People giving good technical advice and bringing in new ideas or implementing a little thing on one hand and people demanding the same feature for the 264. time on the other hand.
