Am 15.12.11 07:36, schrieb Ross Gardler:
On 15 December 2011 04:33, Raphael Bircher<[email protected]> wrote:
Am 15.12.11 00:26, schrieb Ross Gardler:
I'm really concerned about the tendency of the AOO project to keep
proposing and seriously considering new lists (well that is probably
over stating it, but I am genuinely concerned).
Each time you create a list you separate the community from itself. It
should not happen until there is a proven need for it. Splitting the
community in this way leads to questions like "which list should this
be on" and subsequently "which list should I search to find the answer
to this".
If you have only one list you endup with the question. "Wich E-Mail should I
read and wich not". I for my person read a mailing list with about 30 mails
per dey.
I agree, but my point is that we are not anywhere near 30 mails per
day on, for example, I10n.
l10n has also not started yet. The l10n work for the 3.4 is done. So
l10n will start with the 3.5 again. For my point of view you have to
start the list befor they have to work. They heve to find them self, to
make the preparation etc. The same for NLC Projects.
The use of good subjects helps people decide what to read (especially
if tags are used as previously discussed).
Yesterday I read "lets use the marketing list more" (or words to that
affect). Why was the list created if it was not going to be used?
How did OOo get to hundreds of unused lists which we get accused of
not mailing about the move to AOO because people had fallen out of the
habit of reading them because nothing important ever happens there.
You have also inactive mailing Lists at Apache. I think that's the
nature of a project with 10 year history. Sametimes a ML is important
for a part of the Time. MacPort is a good exemple for it. During the
native port we have had about 200 and more mails per day, and a realy
active IRC Channel. Now both is unused, because the big work is done.
Read my mail again, I didn't say *never* create new lists.
I also not ask for 300 lists. But AOO is a big project who has also many
local community. And this local community are important for AOO. And for
this reason OOo need probabily same more lists as other Apache projects.
But the main point is that I beleve the "One Project, one community"
philosophy will not work at OOo. You will ever have separated Groups,
like Programmers, Translators, Doc Writers, etc. This separation is also
not bad, as long you talk with each other.
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