Re: [HEADS-UP] IRC support? (was: Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org)

2005-10-10 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz

Le 9 oct. 05, à 00:39, Antonio Gallardo a écrit :


...I though we were against providing IRC support...


I don't think we can be against someone giving answers there - but it 
would be cool, when people find solutions via IRC (or any other media 
), to post them on the lists or on the wiki.


-Bertrand



[HEADS-UP] IRC support? (was: Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org)

2005-10-08 Thread Antonio Gallardo

Christoph Hermann wrote:


And hey, you get really good support on IRC when you have enough time to
wait :)
 

I though we were against providing IRC support. Because it is exactly 
the same as providing private support. We find your self giving the same 
answer over and over, no archives and so on.


Best Regards,

Antonio Gallardo.



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-06 Thread Torsten Curdt


Too bad you cannot cross-post between the two lists, that alone  
could have made things easier.




The developer list should receive mails also from the user list  
with [Users] prepended. In this way developers get user mails, but  
users don't need to read all the longwinding discussions about  
internals (which tend to frighten some).


TBH I think forwarding the mails from users to dev
is nothing but saying developers have to be subscribed
to users. Whether forcing this is a good or a bad
idea is a different thing ...but I am still in
favor of *not* forwarding. I don't really see the
point of it.

Let's better have a few more developer subscribed
to users again.

cheers
--
Torsten


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Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-06 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz

Le 6 oct. 05, à 10:04, Torsten Curdt a écrit :

...Let's better have a few more developer subscribed
to users again


Yes, after this discussion I think it's good enough - and I like the 
idea of filtering both lists to the same folder in my mail client, so 
as not to overlook user's messages. I'll try that!


-Bertrand



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-06 Thread Torsten Curdt

 you want to reduce that count, I am still interested in hints on
- why I'm getting Attempted to release a $Proxy20 but its handler  
could not be located. messages in my logs. [1]
- why the ComponentManager appears to be null in my  
transformers' (SitemapComponentTestCase subclass) unit tests but  
not my actions'. [2]


In my experience, it doesn't matter which list I ask for help on,  
it still gets ignored.


That sounds really frustrated.
Sorry about that.


  Or maybe it's just me.


Maybe it just did not ring
a bell when people read it.

Being a developer does not
necessarily mean having the
answer right away.

In the end it probably comes
down to how much time a developer
can spend on tracking down
the bug you are seeing.
If you can reduce that time
you are more likely to get an
answer.

Just my 2 cents

cheers
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Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-06 Thread Antonio Fiol Bonnín
 In my experience, it doesn't matter which list I ask for help on, it still gets ignored.
That sounds really frustrated.Sorry about that.

My experience (although probably not objectively realistic, and biased
by bad experiences) is that my first request for help is usually
answered, even by a few people, but without fully solving the problem
(blame me: my first post contains most certainly insufficient
information), and the second round is unanswered.

So I usually get insightful answers which help me continue my research
(good), but that does not necessarily means the problem is solved
(bad). At most, what I tend to get is a kind of workaround (not too
bad, but could be better).


Maybe it just did not ringa bell when people read it.

That's the strange point about my feeling. It seems to ring the bell the first time, but not loud enough to follow up.

In the end it probably comesdown to how much time a developercan spend on tracking down
the bug you are seeing.If you can reduce that timeyou are more likely to get ananswer.

I try, but it is not always easy, if you don't have enough knowledge about internals.

OTOH, I know many users (myself included) seldom try to help others,
probably because of lack of time. But if users don't have time, why
should developers?-- Antonio


Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-05 Thread Andrew Stevens

From: Jorg Heymans [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 11:06:17 +0200

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:


(snip)


You are trying to remedy the fact that many developers (not all of them)
don't look at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I say those developers need to change their
view/attitude towards user@ and realize that replying to a HELP: No
pipeline matched blabla !!! post benefits cocoon as much as (for
example) fleshing out the next gen container architecture.

Splitting up mailinglists works for other OS projects because either
1) they have a self sustaining user list with a lot of advanced users
willing to help out eg Spring forums
2) the developers *actively* help out on every post eg maven-users

A rough count shows that of the 200 threads in september, about 35 were
1-post threads ie remained unanswered.


If you want to reduce that count, I am still interested in hints on
- why I'm getting Attempted to release a $Proxy20 but its handler could not 
be located. messages in my logs. [1]
- why the ComponentManager appears to be null in my transformers' 
(SitemapComponentTestCase subclass) unit tests but not my actions'. [2]


In my experience, it doesn't matter which list I ask for help on, it still 
gets ignored.  Or maybe it's just me.
Perhaps I should suggest dropping support for JDK 1.4, or migrating the 
entire architecture to be picocontainer-based instead of OSGi on the grounds 
that more people have heard of it.  Judging by recent traffic, that ought to 
send my mailbox over quota in next to no time :-)



Andrew.

[1] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-usersm=112170400821522w=2
[2] http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-usersm=112601358928679w=2




Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Geert Josten

Hi,

I'm mainly active on the users list, but being a full-time developer I am also monitoring the dev 
mailing list, just to keep my eyes open for new interesting features..


I do think that the feedback on the users list is rather low. Traffic on that list is usually much 
lower on the users list than on the dev list. So I would like to encourage either more dev people to 
monitor the users list, or to do some merging of some kind.


Just as we speak, a message called multiple xpaths has been reposted on the dev list by someone 
who was not satisfied with the response on the users list. And more important, I am very sure that 
other members on the users list are interested in answers from dev people as well.


Too bad you cannot cross-post between the two lists, that alone could have made 
things easier.

I am also against user list. It has a degenerating tone to it, and the fact 
that many developers are not subscribed to user@ seems to promote that notion 
further.


My suggestion;

  1. Rename the list support@ or some similarly positive term.

  2. Route all support@ mails to dev@ with a [SUPPORT] subject marker. That 
 keeps users who want to be protected from the RTs, wild dev discussions

 and so on.


+1 to this idea. Though, where should answers go?

Cheers,
Geert


Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Tuesday 04 October 2005 15:51, Geert Josten wrote:
    1. Rename the list support@ or some similarly positive term.
 
    2. Route all support@ mails to dev@ with a [SUPPORT] subject marker.
  That keeps users who want to be protected from the RTs, wild dev
  discussions and so on.

 +1 to this idea. Though, where should answers go?

The Reply-To goes to the support@/user@ list, and since it is forwarded to 
dev@ a local copy for the developers also is forwarded. Effectively, a 
crossposting of always from support@ to dev@, but not the other direction.

Just a thought, not sure if infrastructure@ would be too happy about it 
either.

Cheers
Niclas


Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Geert Josten

Mark Leicester wrote:


Hi all,

When we discussed the issue of declining posts to the users list earlier 
this year (http://www.planetcocoon.com/node/1755 - the trend was visible 
back then too), I suggested interviewing subscribers about what they 
want, what they don't like, their level of expertise, etc.. At that 
point (in May) people were fairly cool on the idea (e.g. no, thanks. I 
really don't see any problem in cocoon's social health.). Is this still 
the case? Or, might it be time to put a questionnaire together - perhaps 
like http://www.planetcocoon.com/node/1774?


Cheers,
Mark


IMHO, it won't do any harm to do some interviewing/polling from time to time. Postpone conclusions 
and further action till afterwards. As long as you think it is worth the effort...


Cheers,
Geert


Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Jorg Heymans

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:
 
 I think I have a few good reasons for this:
 
 One: The line between cocoon users and developers is fairly thin, it is
 not as in Open Office for example, where most users do not even know
 what the C language is. Our users are more and more competent software
 developers who would often have interesting things to say if they were
 around, and might like this place more if they felt more involved.
 Cocoon has been finding its niche as a tool for serious application
 developers, as opposed to a press-button publishing tool, which it has
 never been and will never be.
 
 Two: my guess is that many dev@ subscribers could answer some users@
 questions very quickly, but sometimes we don't bother looking at the
 list, and some of us are probably not even subscribed there. It's a
 waste of energy, and has probably caused otherwise competent people to
 go away after not getting good enough answers.
 
 Three: dev@ subscribers tend to use good messages subjects and [TOPIC
 MARKERS] in subject lines to make the lists easy to filter, visually or
 automatically. So I'm not worried about the increased traffic, we'll
 find a way to make it sortable by teaching our community about good
 subject lines or defining a few more [markers].  Okay, this is not
 really a *reason*, but it's needed for my argumentation ;-D
 
 Four: for many subjects one does not know on which list to post, again a
 waste of energy as threads regulary bounce between the lists. We
 developers tend to discuss between ourselves things that are of general
 interest, without bothering to move to users@ as it's not our home.
 
 Five: having two lists, one for Highly Qualified Meritocratic Core
 Developers and another for Mere Users does not sound like the openness
 and flat structure that we're advocating (I'm being a bit provocative
 here, on purpose ;-)
 
 Six; the closing down of the docs@ list has only been positive, by
 defragmenting the community w.r.t docs and allowing all developers to be
 informed of what's happening with the [docs] (hint: note the good use of
 the [marker]).
 
 Seven: Having a single point of discussion will help us know our users
 better, this alone is worth its weight in bytes.
 

You are trying to remedy the fact that many developers (not all of them)
don't look at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I say those developers need to change their
view/attitude towards user@ and realize that replying to a HELP: No
pipeline matched blabla !!! post benefits cocoon as much as (for
example) fleshing out the next gen container architecture.

Splitting up mailinglists works for other OS projects because either
1) they have a self sustaining user list with a lot of advanced users
willing to help out eg Spring forums
2) the developers *actively* help out on every post eg maven-users

A rough count shows that of the 200 threads in september, about 35 were
1-post threads ie remained unanswered.


Let's discuss this further at the Hackathon, I need to catch my train :-)


Jorg



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Jeroen Reijn

Jorg Heymans wrote:


Splitting up mailinglists works for other OS projects because either
1) they have a self sustaining user list with a lot of advanced users
willing to help out eg Spring forums
2) the developers *actively* help out on every post eg maven-users


As an active Cocoon user I agree with Jorg on this one.
I personally think that we should maintain the two lists, but get more active 
committers on the user list. I guess that if cocoon had up to date documentation 
it would be less necessary, but that's not the case right now. It would also be 
nice to be able to add comments to pieces of documentation, so users can add 
usefull information to certain subjects.


Sometimes I'm reading posts on the dev-list that make completely no sense to me.
I've been working with cocoon for 2 years now so I can imagine that for somebody 
who is new to cocoon those subjects are pretty scary and maybe create the idea 
that cocoon is very hard to understand.


Well the good side to Stefano's email is that it's getting everybody focussed 
(especially everybody on the dev-list). I think this will give us enough to talk 
about the next couple of days. For those comming to the hackathon or GT. See you 
tomorrow, thursday or friday!


Jeroen


Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread JD Daniels

I'd like to chime in here.

Your points make perfect sense, But as a user ( I say user because 
cocoon internals are beyond my capability/time constraints to figure 
out) I get stuck with a WTF moment, struggle, struggle, struggle, 
Email users@, wait maybe 3-4 days, rewrite the mail because maybe I'm 
not being clear on my problem, ask again, wait a few more days, then 
mail the dev list. Answer usually shows up in 6-8 hours ( I think 
because I am in western Canada, and you all are asleep when I mail :) )


I have all these messages in the same mail folder, and I am just as bad 
about  reading the user list and answering the questions I am able to.


The first 2 years were, basically, hell. But once I figured out the 
basics, I find my self not reading the list so much, and just emptying 
the folder when I hit about 2000 messages (Pausing on the usually very 
interesting [RT]'s ) because everything works now - I figured out how to 
use it, I am off making my own POJO's to plug into the basic cocoon 
install I have settled on. I have a suspicion that the drop in traffic 
is attributable to this - users simply evolve. The questions I have to 
ask now (As opposed to when I started with cocoon) simply can't be 
answered by the other new people on users@


I think consolidating the two lists would be very helpful because it 
will be a single resource we all would use.


Maybe I am talking out my *** , but there's my thoughts.

JD

Sylvain Wallez wrote:

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:

In these days of wild thoughts, here's another one: how about closing 
the users@ list and having just one list for cocoon-related discussions?


I think I have a few good reasons for this:

One: The line between cocoon users and developers is fairly thin, it 
is not as in Open Office for example, where most users do not even 
know what the C language is. Our users are more and more competent 
software developers who would often have interesting things to say if 
they were around, and might like this place more if they felt more 
involved. Cocoon has been finding its niche as a tool for serious 
application developers, as opposed to a press-button publishing tool, 
which it has never been and will never be.


Two: my guess is that many dev@ subscribers could answer some users@ 
questions very quickly, but sometimes we don't bother looking at the 
list, and some of us are probably not even subscribed there. It's a 
waste of energy, and has probably caused otherwise competent people to 
go away after not getting good enough answers.


Three: dev@ subscribers tend to use good messages subjects and [TOPIC 
MARKERS] in subject lines to make the lists easy to filter, visually 
or automatically. So I'm not worried about the increased traffic, 
we'll find a way to make it sortable by teaching our community about 
good subject lines or defining a few more [markers].  Okay, this is 
not really a *reason*, but it's needed for my argumentation ;-D


Four: for many subjects one does not know on which list to post, again 
a waste of energy as threads regulary bounce between the lists. We 
developers tend to discuss between ourselves things that are of 
general interest, without bothering to move to users@ as it's not our 
home.


Five: having two lists, one for Highly Qualified Meritocratic Core 
Developers and another for Mere Users does not sound like the openness 
and flat structure that we're advocating (I'm being a bit provocative 
here, on purpose ;-)


Six; the closing down of the docs@ list has only been positive, by 
defragmenting the community w.r.t docs and allowing all developers to 
be informed of what's happening with the [docs] (hint: note the good 
use of the [marker]).


Seven: Having a single point of discussion will help us know our users 
better, this alone is worth its weight in bytes.


So, WDYT?




I don't have that many reasons, but I don't think this is a good idea:

One: Marketing wise, this will be a very bad sign, and would give to the 
outside world the impression that the Cocoon acceptance has shrunk so 
much than two lists are too much. And although traffic has dropped, 
we're far from that.


Two: Cocoon-dev is scary for newbies, or even intermediate users. 
Disruptive random thoughts, design discussions about the very deep guts 
of the engine, etc. Some of my colleague, which I consider advanced 
users sometimes tell me they don't understand what the heck I'm talking 
about in some of my posts. If we want more people to come to Cocoon, 
exposing them to the dev's foolish discussions will just make them turn 
away.


Now you're right that some developers neglect users@ (yeah, I'm in this 
category). This used to be because of the huge traffic. In my 
Thunderbird, users@ is deep down in the lists I read through 
news.gmane.org. That's a bad thing and I will now use a regular mail 
subscription so that it sits just beside the dev@ folder that I monitor 
every 5 minutes. And I strongly invite other devs in the same 

Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi

Geert Josten wrote:
...
Too bad you cannot cross-post between the two lists, that alone could 
have made things easier.


The developer list should receive mails also from the user list with 
[Users] prepended. In this way developers get user mails, but users 
don't need to read all the longwinding discussions about internals 
(which tend to frighten some).


--
Nicola Ken Barozzi   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- verba volant, scripta manent -
   (discussions get forgotten, just code remains)
-



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Mark Lundquist


On Oct 4, 2005, at 8:51 AM, JD Daniels wrote:

I figured out how to use it, I am off making my own POJO's to plug 
into the basic cocoon install I have settled on. I have a suspicion 
that the drop in traffic is attributable to this - users simply 
evolve. The questions I have to ask now (As opposed to when I started 
with cocoon) simply can't be answered by the other new people on 
users@


Absolutely true in my case as well.
—ml—



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Thomas Lutz

Mark Lundquist wrote:



On Oct 4, 2005, at 8:51 AM, JD Daniels wrote:

I figured out how to use it, I am off making my own POJO's to plug 
into the basic cocoon install I have settled on. I have a suspicion 
that the drop in traffic is attributable to this - users simply 
evolve. The questions I have to ask now (As opposed to when I started 
with cocoon) simply can't be answered by the other new people on users@



Absolutely true in my case as well.
—ml—


Although I am not sure wether I know how this framework works yet :-), I 
am quite sure the drop in traffic has a lot to do with it. So +1 for me.
Where are the new users that start with cocoon ? I think, whoever starts 
with cocoon has enough webexperience to first search the 
mailarchives... and most answers are there now..


tom



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-04 Thread Christoph Hermann
Thomas Lutz schrieb:

Hello list,

 Although I am not sure wether I know how this framework works yet :-), I
 am quite sure the drop in traffic has a lot to do with it. So +1 for me.
 Where are the new users that start with cocoon ? I think, whoever starts
 with cocoon has enough webexperience to first search the
 mailarchives... and most answers are there now..

There are 'some' users questions on IRC freenode/#cocoon and some
xml-channels too and there are also some bulletin boards out there where
one talks about cocoon.
Imho the problem with cocoon is the high learning curve at the beginning
(i faced this problem too), but it gets more and more fun when you know
more ;).

I would not join the two lists together because users would get all the
bugzilla-posts, offtopic, etc. discussions which would confuse
beginners (like me when i started).

It would be better to copy the users-posts to the dev-list if its too
complicated for the dev's to subscribe to the users-list ;-)

And hey, you get really good support on IRC when you have enough time to
wait :)

Just my 2cents
Christoph


Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread Gregor J. Rothfuss

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:
In these days of wild thoughts, here's another one: how about closing 
the users@ list and having just one list for cocoon-related discussions?


I think I have a few good reasons for this:


eight: by having one list, it would be easier to lead by example, and 
encourage good practice. i have commented on the need to more strongly 
deprecate old stuff (actions etc), but being exposed to users misled by 
these things will drive the point home more.




Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread hepabolu

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:

So, WDYT?


Big +1!

Keep it simple, and that goes for the mailing lists too.

Bye, Helma



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread Ralph Goers



Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:

In these days of wild thoughts, here's another one: how about closing 
the users@ list and having just one list for cocoon-related discussions?


So, WDYT?

-Bertrand



I have no objection, but I think you are asking the question on the 
wrong list.  Take a poll on the users list.


Ralph


Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread Mark Lundquist


On Oct 3, 2005, at 1:53 PM, Ralph Goers wrote:



 Take a poll on the users list.


But please don't use the term close down, instead say merge or 
consolidate :-)

—ml—



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread Sylvain Wallez

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:

In these days of wild thoughts, here's another one: how about closing 
the users@ list and having just one list for cocoon-related discussions?


I think I have a few good reasons for this:

One: The line between cocoon users and developers is fairly thin, it 
is not as in Open Office for example, where most users do not even 
know what the C language is. Our users are more and more competent 
software developers who would often have interesting things to say if 
they were around, and might like this place more if they felt more 
involved. Cocoon has been finding its niche as a tool for serious 
application developers, as opposed to a press-button publishing tool, 
which it has never been and will never be.


Two: my guess is that many dev@ subscribers could answer some users@ 
questions very quickly, but sometimes we don't bother looking at the 
list, and some of us are probably not even subscribed there. It's a 
waste of energy, and has probably caused otherwise competent people to 
go away after not getting good enough answers.


Three: dev@ subscribers tend to use good messages subjects and [TOPIC 
MARKERS] in subject lines to make the lists easy to filter, visually 
or automatically. So I'm not worried about the increased traffic, 
we'll find a way to make it sortable by teaching our community about 
good subject lines or defining a few more [markers].  Okay, this is 
not really a *reason*, but it's needed for my argumentation ;-D


Four: for many subjects one does not know on which list to post, again 
a waste of energy as threads regulary bounce between the lists. We 
developers tend to discuss between ourselves things that are of 
general interest, without bothering to move to users@ as it's not our 
home.


Five: having two lists, one for Highly Qualified Meritocratic Core 
Developers and another for Mere Users does not sound like the openness 
and flat structure that we're advocating (I'm being a bit provocative 
here, on purpose ;-)


Six; the closing down of the docs@ list has only been positive, by 
defragmenting the community w.r.t docs and allowing all developers to 
be informed of what's happening with the [docs] (hint: note the good 
use of the [marker]).


Seven: Having a single point of discussion will help us know our users 
better, this alone is worth its weight in bytes.


So, WDYT?



I don't have that many reasons, but I don't think this is a good idea:

One: Marketing wise, this will be a very bad sign, and would give to the 
outside world the impression that the Cocoon acceptance has shrunk so 
much than two lists are too much. And although traffic has dropped, 
we're far from that.


Two: Cocoon-dev is scary for newbies, or even intermediate users. 
Disruptive random thoughts, design discussions about the very deep guts 
of the engine, etc. Some of my colleague, which I consider advanced 
users sometimes tell me they don't understand what the heck I'm talking 
about in some of my posts. If we want more people to come to Cocoon, 
exposing them to the dev's foolish discussions will just make them turn 
away.


Now you're right that some developers neglect users@ (yeah, I'm in this 
category). This used to be because of the huge traffic. In my 
Thunderbird, users@ is deep down in the lists I read through 
news.gmane.org. That's a bad thing and I will now use a regular mail 
subscription so that it sits just beside the dev@ folder that I monitor 
every 5 minutes. And I strongly invite other devs in the same situation 
as me to do so.


Let's consider the users-fr@ example: some people have started 
participating there, then started to participate to users@ and are now 
on dev@, even if occasionally. We need IMO different discussion areas 
where different kind of topic are to be addressed, and where people can 
progress.


Now the main point is that progression in the lists should go from 
bottom to top (i.e. users-dev) and that once you feel fluent in an 
upper level (no pejorative meaning intented with upper) you should 
still be present in the lower levels to share your knowledge. Once 
again, I'm one of the faulty devs regarding this, and I think that if we 
all dedicate to users@ a bit of the time we spend for dev@, that can 
make a difference.


Sylvain

--
Sylvain WallezAnyware Technologies
http://people.apache.org/~sylvain http://www.anyware-tech.com
Apache Software Foundation Member Research  Technology Director



Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread Berin Loritsch

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:


Le 3 oct. 05, à 22:56, Mark Lundquist a écrit :

...But please don't use the term close down, instead say merge or 
consolidate :-)



You're right, of course, merge is much more appropriate.

-Bertrand


Before going too far with this proposal, consider the impact of 
Stefano's latest thread on the average user.  Esp. in light of the fact 
that there are several more people who simply lurk than who actually 
participate.




Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz

Le 4 oct. 05, à 00:00, Sylvain Wallez a écrit :
...I don't have that many reasons, but I don't think this is a good 
idea:


One: Marketing wise, this will be a very bad sign, and would give to 
the outside world the impression that the Cocoon acceptance has shrunk 
so much than two lists are too much. And although traffic has dropped, 
we're far from that...


This is a realistic risk - but by not taking it we're IMHO showing 
signs of doing things the old-fashioned way with a strict segregation 
between users and developers.


...Two: Cocoon-dev is scary for newbies, or even intermediate users. 
Disruptive random thoughts, design discussions about the very deep 
guts of the engine, etc. Some of my colleague, which I consider 
advanced users sometimes tell me they don't understand what the heck 
I'm talking about in some of my posts. If we want more people to come 
to Cocoon, exposing them to the dev's foolish discussions will just 
make them turn away...


I tend agree with that - but people would IMHO quickly learn to filter 
out posts based on who's writing or on subject lines. I think most of 
us here do that, at least from time to time, about discussions that we 
don't have time to follow.



...Now you're right that some developers neglect [EMAIL PROTECTED]


I think that's my main concern, so if we find another way to solve this 
it might already be an improvement.


An easy way for us dev@ subscribers would be to filter both lists to 
the same folder, to avoid applying the don't have time for users@ 
principle. But this doesn't solve the problem mentioned below...


...Now the main point is that progression in the lists should go from 
bottom to top (i.e. users-dev) and that once you feel fluent in an 
upper level (no pejorative meaning intented with upper) you should 
still be present in the lower levels to share your knowledge...


This is a problem currently, that many dev@ people are not to be seen 
on users@ anymore, and I think, it's even worse than that: we regularly 
ask questions on dev@ which in fact would belong on [EMAIL PROTECTED] We don't 
usually object and tell people to move the discussion there, so it's a 
net loss for users@ who miss the questions and answers.


Thanks for your comments, let's see what others think.

-Bertrand


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Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz

Le 4 oct. 05, à 07:13, Berin Loritsch a écrit :
...Before going too far with this proposal, consider the impact of 
Stefano's latest thread on the average user.  Esp. in light of the 
fact that there are several more people who simply lurk than who 
actually participate


I'm not going to take a poll on users@ at this point, the idea is to 
have the opinion of dev@ people first - and we'll probably talk about 
that at the GT as well, so there's no hurry.


This is just an [RT] after all, the actual actions that we take might 
be different from what I suggested.


-Bertrand


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Re: [RT] seven good reasons to close down users@cocoon.apache.org

2005-10-03 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Tuesday 04 October 2005 13:19, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:
 Thanks for your comments, let's see what others think.

I am also against user list. It has a degenerating tone to it, and the fact 
that many developers are not subscribed to user@ seems to promote that notion 
further.

My suggestion;

  1. Rename the list support@ or some similarly positive term.

  2. Route all support@ mails to dev@ with a [SUPPORT] subject marker. That 
 keeps users who want to be protected from the RTs, wild dev discussions
 and so on.


Cheers
Niclas