Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Ronald Chmara
On Oct 31, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Stefan Walk wrote: There are cases where one user replied to multiple mails in a short time without fighting, just explaining and discussiong, and you don't want to block that - as well as it wouldn't stop random people from suggesting dropping the $ from

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Larry Garfield
On Friday 31 October 2008 1:23:12 pm Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: Here I come to the key part of my idea. We would allow every PHP usergroup to also appoint one person that gets unmoderated access to the list. This enables members of the usergroup to feed their ideas via that person directly to

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Johannes Schlüter
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 23:35 +, Scott MacVicar wrote: Users can still use reply on the internals list, so the poster can still receive responses rather than relying on them being subscribed to the internals list. So I see a mail in my inbox, then I'd have to check the internals folder

RE: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Mike R
Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: A simpler approach might be to just make the mailing list software enforce a 1 email per 24-hour day per user. It would require a bit more upfront work to munge the software, but wouldn't require any ongoing effort. Moderation can get messy since it isn't simply spam

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
On 01.11.2008, at 14:35, Mike R wrote: Behavioral change is exactly what is needed. The simplest way to achieve that is education and buy-in. A good start would be to document the desired behavior, in an isolated php-dev subscription page, in the form of a _brief_ terms of use, and have

RE: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Mike Robinson
Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: We do have something along those lines: http://www.php.net/reST/php-src/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES Maybe it needs to be cut down (or just provide the key points at the top) and automatically appended to all emails (including the welcome email) .. There you have it.

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Ronald Chmara
On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: http://www.php.net/reST/php-src/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES Maybe it needs to be cut down (or just provide the key points at the top) and automatically appended to all emails (including the welcome email) . Crontab a monthly mailing of

[PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
Hi, So some core developers as well as lurking end users have noted that the traffic on this list prevents them from being able to follow this list. This is obviously a huge problem since this mailinglist is supposed to be our primary discussion and decision making tool. I had a chat

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Steph Fox
Hi Lukas, Here I come to the key part of my idea. We would allow every PHP usergroup to also appoint one person that gets unmoderated access to the list. Great idea! Lets just create an interface were people can register their UG and manage the email address for the contact person (and

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Felix De Vliegher
Hi Lukas Sounds like a good idea to channel the volume on this list. I was wondering, would the usergroup part be a replacement for the moderated messages by regular users or would it be an addition to it? I mean, we should better start promoting this one moderator-per- usergroup to

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
A simpler approach might be to just make the mailing list software enforce a 1 email per 24-hour day per user. It would require a bit more upfront work to munge the software, but wouldn't require any ongoing effort. Moderation can get messy since it isn't simply spam we or off-topic messages

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Stefan Walk
On Friday 31 October 2008 20:30:13 Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: A simpler approach might be to just make the mailing list software enforce a 1 email per 24-hour day per user. It would require a bit more upfront work to munge the software, but wouldn't require any ongoing effort. Moderation can get

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 20:30, Rasmus Lerdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A simpler approach might be to just make the mailing list software enforce a 1 email per 24-hour day per user. It would require a bit more upfront work Thats not going to work, we often have multiple threads going on. Even

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Rasmus Lerdorf
Hannes Magnusson wrote: Behavioural change is desperately needed, and I think developers should lead by example. One way to to that is to add a new internal-core@ mailinglist which is read-only to the world, and writeable by people with appropriate karma. That list would be dedicated for

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 20:59, Rasmus Lerdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hannes Magnusson wrote: Behavioural change is desperately needed, and I think developers should lead by example. One way to to that is to add a new internal-core@ mailinglist which is read-only to the world, and writeable

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Daniel Brown
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Rasmus Lerdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the same as just making internals@ read-only. Once we have an internals-core, many core people will just unsubscribe from the internals list. I know I probably would. And once the core developers no longer read

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 21:13, Daniel Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Rasmus Lerdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the same as just making internals@ read-only. Once we have an internals-core, many core people will just unsubscribe from the internals list.

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Daniel Brown
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Hannes Magnusson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read the whole thread before posting please: external patches and general discussions would still be on the internals@ list, as it would be the main discussion list. I have been reading the entire thread, Hannes.

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Johannes Schlüter
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 21:13 +0100, Hannes Magnusson wrote: This is the same as just making internals@ read-only. Once we have an internals-core, many core people will just unsubscribe from the internals list. I know I probably would. And once the core developers no longer read it, it

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Scott MacVicar
On 31 Oct 2008, at 19:59, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: Hannes Magnusson wrote: Behavioural change is desperately needed, and I think developers should lead by example. One way to to that is to add a new internal-core@ mailinglist which is read-only to the world, and writeable by people with

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-10-31 Thread Hannes Magnusson
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 23:46, Johannes Schlüter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 21:13 +0100, Hannes Magnusson wrote: I have more faith in our devs then that. [snip a good chunk of stuff] Additionally I guess it would split discussions, so a core person proposes something to