Quoting Daniel Henrique Alves Lima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It sounds good to me ! > > Andrew Petro wrote: > > >Incidentally, have there been any thoughts on this list of differentiating > >out a struts-user-newbie list from the main struts-user list? > > > >I think it's wonderful to have a welcoming place for newbies to post > >questions, but I think it might also be useful to be able to differentiate > >opportunities to help out newbies / be helped as a newbie from > >opportunities to ask more difficult questions / discuss more advanced > >features of the framework. > > > >My two cents. > > > > >
My experience with other communities that have tried this sort of thing is that it tends not to work out very well. The key problem is that the users just after the newbie stage don't know which list to ask those "sort of beginner" questions on. So, I would vote against this suggestion. More importantly, though, having a single list is better for a few compelling reasons as well: * As we've seen over and over again, even long time users who are intermediate to expert in some aspects of Struts can learn something from a newbie question from someone else about a different aspect. * Even if you are a newbie today, you won't be tomorrow. Having all the answers to all the questions means that you only have to search a single message archive later. If you find the message volume on STRUTS-USER overwhelming, here are some hints to reduce the burden: * Use a mail reader that you can configure to automatically filter messages into folders. I've got my mail reader set up to do this for the 20 or so lists I subscribe to -- each goes in to a separate folder, and I deal with all the new messages for a particular folder at once. * Use a mail reader that lets you sort messages by threads. That way, you can just skip the conversations you are not interested in. * For some folks who just want to browse, subscribing in "digest" mode (one message per day, containing all the new traffic) works best. * If you are not sitting behind a firewall that prevents it, many mailing lists are also visible through newsgroup gateways. One such example is gmane.org, which mirrors quite a few Apache and Jakarta mailing lists (among others). Craig McClanahan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
