On 22/07/2014 14:27, Mark Proctor wrote: > A while back there was a discussion on the volume of posts and the range of > post discussions. OptaPlanner already has it’s own google group, which has > helped reduce the volume. There is still the discussion on whether to split > Drools. > > My initial idea is to leave this list for installation, setup, configuration, > deployment and getting started (hello world won’t run) - this tends to be a > fairly shallow knowledge area, that new people will need to deal with. Then > also create a separate google group for those wanting help on writing rule > applications, that’s authoring (drl, score cards, decision tables etc) and > running (insert, fireAllRules etc); this would become a deep knowledge area. > In the google group you would not ask how to install the workbench, or how to > deploy your app, or how to setup HA etc. > > Thoughts? > > We are about to do 6.1 final. For this we are revamping the websites, and > sorting out our communications (lists etc) at the same time. > > Mark > A few thoughts for you:
Partitioning the discussions as you suggest sounds sensible - minimising "off-topic" posts is always desirable. It should be *easy* for a user who lands on one of the groups (say via a Google search) to realise there is a better (more appropriate) group for them to post their question on - so maybe some form of standardised footer that compactly identifies the purposes of the different groups? Over time, I think you could also use the application writing group to bootstrap some form of "How do I ..." FAQ or tips and techniques listing. This could supplement the documentation, but be organised by developer task rather than language feature/area. Borris _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users
