The forum has a very nice search facility http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 at 06:11, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/23/2016 12:11 AM, Tudor Girba wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The communication traffic around Pharo is constantly increasing and it > is harder and harder to keep up with everything that is happening. > > > > On the one hand this is great because it shows that our project is > growing healthily. On the other hand, it makes it harder for people to find > the relevant thread and participate in discussions. This is problematic > given that this mailing list is for discussing development issues that > require specific expertise. > > > > To address this, I kindly ask everyone to keep a thread as much as > possible on the topic meant by the title of the thread. > > > > Cheers, > > Tudor > > > > -- > > www.tudorgirba.com > > www.feenk.com > > > > "Value is always contextual." > > I agree. > > We all know frequently threads take unforeseen directions. If you are > going to take a thread in a direction not on topic with the title, then > give your email a new title appropriate with the new topic. > > This helps people to better keep up with the mailing list as they can > better discern what messages are of interest to them or not. It also > helps people with particular knowledge know if messages if the message > is something they may need to respond to. > > It also helps the mailing list archives be more valuable for people > searching for answers. > > In addition I would like to encourage people to limit the quoted > material of the email to that which is important to or the context of > what they are replying to. So many emails are replies to long and > increasingly longer emails due to quoting of complete emails only to > make brief comments about small portion of the email. > > These mailing lists are an incredibly valuable resource. They are the > first place I search to find answers. These few simple things can help > them to be cleaner and more valuable as people will more easily find > what they are looking for. > > Thanks. > > Jimmie Houchin > > >