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
>
>
>

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