Jonas Bj�rnerstedt wrote: >Being rather new to the list, I was not familiar with the [OT] convention. >Searching the archives for an explanation of the conventions is a bit >difficult, I get thousands of hits whatever I try. Could someone repost, or >point me in the right direction? Maybe all postings to this list should have >some kind of indication of topic? > >My original suggestion was to reduce traffic basically by splitting the >list. The idea should not be all that controversial, after all there are a >lot of Jakarta lists. I subscribe to several. The question is rather if >there is a natural way of splitting the list. > This has been suggested - it was shot down; won't happen.
>Given that Struts is still beta, I think a struts-beginner list would make >life easier for beginners. I don't think newcomers pose questions out of >laziness. It is easy to get *totally* stuck when starting, especially when >the program is beta. I don't know how many postings I have seen that start >with something like "forgive me for my stupid question...". Let beginners - >like me - speak freely. > >Struts tags should be separated into a separate list. Many users like me >have no interest in the Struts tags. I am following the advice of Craig and >"seriously consider(ing) waiting for the ability to use JSF components >instead of the Struts HTML tag library." Given that the Struts tags are >rather separate, and that there are several alternatives, I think a >struts-tags list is in order. Alternatively, it would be a good idea for >people to put [Tag] in the subject. > >I wanted to suggest a "cheap" way to get better Struts documentation. I >realize that having a forum would be nice, and that people could sit down >and submit FAQs. The problem is that it is not going to happen, because it >takes a bit too much effort. The point of having a struts-answers list is >that it requires little effort. > It does happen. Subscribe to struts-dev - you will see. Yes, there could be more of it, but it does, in fact, happen. >I wonder how many of those who suggest searching the struts-users archive >actually do this themselves. It might be that I am a klutz at searching, but >the sheer volume of hits makes it cumbersome to use. > The archive can be a bit of a PITA. I do try there - I also try Google. Google will actually return things out of the archive, and is a good spot to look. >A struts-answer archive would be a distilled version of the users list. If I >read a mail to the struts-user list that I find instructive, I simply >forward it to the struts-answer list. > ... well, as good of an idea as it may be, I honestly doubt it will happen. Having said that, there would be nothing to stop some certain individual from setting up such a list and making people aware of it's existence. >A nice thing about the struts-user list is that a question usually prompts >several answers. When a user has received such a response, I think he would >be more than glad to combine these to an answer in the struts-answer list. >It is a way of paying back. > Ha! I disagree. There are those who would - yes. However, I think a lot of people just want a solution and really don't care about "paying back". Maybe I would be shocked though ... >Btw, the link: > >http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/resources/FAQ/index.htm > >at > >http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/resources/archives.html > >seems broken. > >Jonas > :-( I was noticing that too. The first one still is - the second works. -- Eddie Bush -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
