Hi Matt, +infinity on that idea. As mentioned in my last email, the population of hardcore volunteers dealing with every detail of the code will hopefully soon be swamped by the many interested observers, future users, and customers of the project. Splitting the list like you describe is perfect for addressing this welcome "problem."
One adjustment I'd suggest: retag this list as [nupic] rather than [nupic-users] (the latter seems to me to be a somewhat snobbish moniker given to the "mere" users' list by the devs on a project). Regards, Fergal Byrne On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Matthew Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > We've had a lot of mailing list traffic lately. Already, halfway > through the month of November, there are far more than all the > messages from October. This is a great problem, but I'm getting some > feedback that indicates we're going to lose some ML members if we > don't find a way to decrease traffic. > > This is a critical time for the development of the NuPIC software, and > much of the discussion has been about software engineering and > technical decisions about how NuPIC should evolve. These conversations > will only grow as NuPIC grows. > > Other major topics include CLA theory and NuPIC usage. > > I propose creating a new mailing list, called "nupic-dev", which sends > emails with the subject prefix "[nupic-dev]" (just like this one does > currently). Also, we change the email subject prefix for *this* list > to "[nupic-users]". So we'll have two lists: > > "[nupic-dev]": [email protected] > Topics: > - NuPIC development > - algorithm implementation > - software engineering processes and strategies > - future of the NuPIC project > > "[nupic-users]": [email protected] > Topics: > - HTM / CLA theory > - NuPIC usage (installation, use-cases, projects) > > Hopefully, we'll keep all our current subscribers on [nupic-users], > and those interested in the development of NuPIC will also subscribe > to [nupic-dev], where we'll continue having discussions involving the > development of the NuPIC software. > > As open source projects grow, they usually have a few mailing lists > associated with them, including xxx-dev, xxx-users, xxx-ann > (annoucements), and sometimes more. At some point in the future, there > may even be a point to break out a [nupic-theory] list up from > [nupic-users]. > > Anyone opposed? I'm going to let this topic ride for a few days to let > people have a chance to comment before taking any action. This is your > chance to weigh in. > > --------- > Matt Taylor > OS Community Flag-Bearer > Numenta > > _______________________________________________ > nupic mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.numenta.org/mailman/listinfo/nupic_lists.numenta.org > -- Fergal Byrne, Brenter IT <http://www.examsupport.ie>http://inbits.com - Better Living through Thoughtful Technology e:[email protected] t:+353 83 4214179 Formerly of Adnet [email protected] http://www.adnet.ie
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