John Donagher wrote: > This has probably been mentioned before, but I think the naming of php-dev is > way misleading. It's funny that people get so ripped when someone sends an > off-topic question to this list. Someone who doesn't read the descriptions may > very well take php-dev to mean PHP development. This is ambiguous; it doesn't > make any distinction between developing with php and developing the language > itself. Whining about people not reading the descriptions won't change it; get > over it.
These messages most likely do not come from people who have looked at the php.net list of lists at all, as the dev list is hidden way down while php-general is in a *much* more prominent place. My theory is that these messages come from people who have found the list address in archived messages while searching for php related topics using a search engine. We have the same effect on the php-lang list which isn't even advertised at all on php.net. So i guess renaming the dev list would only help for a short period of time, while mandatory subscription via the php.net support pages is the only way to get rid of this special problem. -- Hartmut Holzgraefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.six.de +49-711-99091-77 Wir stellen für Sie aus auf der CeBIT 2002 und freuen uns in Halle 6 auf Ihren Besuch am Stand H 18 -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
