Hello, I believe all the Apache NetBeans contributors should use the dev@ mailing list.
The dev@ mailing list is our Apache 'central square' so to speak and even if we don't work on the same particular issue, we should get to know each-other, at least by name. The separate netcat@ mailing list is splitting the contributor community. I think initially netcat@ was created because it might have too much traffic. But looking at the archives I see dev@ has an average of 460 emails per month while netcat@ is much more spiky and reached its maximum of 350 emails during March while now it's at 30-40 emails per month. Of course, emails are grouped into threads / topics so they are easier to follow or ignore. Thus, the load is not that much. Personally, I was surprised a while back how familiar Efrem Mc was on the dev@ mailing list and I just didn't know who he was. Turns out, he is much more active in NetCAT but I was not subscribed to netcat@ at that time. Enthusiasm is contagious and if people doing NetCAT care a lot about something it will spill into development interest too. And a development problem might invite some second look from quality acceptance. So my suggestion is to bring all NetCAT communication onto the dev@ mailing list. I would like to hear your opinion and I hope that at the end we'll have a VOTE about this. PS: I'm crossposting this to both the dev@ and the netcat@ mailing list. --emi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: netcat-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: netcat-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
