I agree whole heartedly. It also helps people who haven¹t yet made the jump to get a feel for what to expect in migration.
Z. > > Heh - I hadn't had my coffee yet. ;-) > > Here are a few reasons: Pick one or take two, they're small. > > #1 - It's a bad idea to fragment an already small community (<1000 > users on the list) because one user doesn't want to get the dozen or > so emails a day that the list generates. > > #2 - Just like ibatis1, ibatis2 will eventually fade away and ibatis3 > will become the main release. At what point do we kill the old list? > When there are 2 people on it? > > #3 - I think I'm the only person who does moderation on the ibatis > lists and don't want another one to manage. (NOTE: If someone wants to > do that with me, let me know, it's easy, but when I'm out of the > office the "please subscribe" emails pile up). > > #4 - Because of #2, people need to be seeing i3 posts now, even if > they aren't using it. It'll give them an idea of when to switch (is it > stable?), how to switch, and the issues they will likely encounter > when they do. > > Finally, if no one replies to your emails in the future, don't worry > about it. We still like you. It's just that your #1 priority isn't > necessarily everyone else's...and judging by the chorus of "me too" > replies on the initial post, a separate list wasn't on the top of > anyone else's list. ;-) > > Larry > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 5:40 AM, Nicholoz Koka > Kiknadze<kikna...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > No. >> > >> > Lol >> > >> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Larry Meadors <larry.mead...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Because it's a bad idea. >>> >> >>> >> Happy? >>> >> >>> >> Larry >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Nicholoz Koka >>> >> Kiknadze<kikna...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> > No reply... >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Seems separate list idea is soo absurd that no one bothers to explain >>>> >> > why ;) >>>> >> > >>>> >> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Nicholoz Koka Kiknadze >>>> >> > <kikna...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> I've enjoyed much using iBatis and the mailing list was always very >>>>> >> >> helpful. >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> Well, now and then I have to search for answers in the mailing list and >>>>> >> >> usually find the answer ;) So far so good. But... I've used mailing >>>>> >> >> list for >>>>> >> >> another framework - Tapestry for three major versions (3/4/5) and >>>>> >> >> always >>>>> >> >> found it very annoying not to be able to filter for which version I >>>>> >> >> needed >>>>> >> >> to search. >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> >> Now, as questions about iBatis3 start to pore in I wondered maybe in >>>>> >> >> long >>>>> >> >> run it may be better to have separate mailing list for it. I don't mind >>>>> >> >> subscribing to two lists - my gmail inbox will handle both ;) Wonder >>>>> >> >> what >>>>> >> >> others think... >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-java-unsubscr...@ibatis.apache.org >>> >> For additional commands, e-mail: user-java-h...@ibatis.apache.org >>> >> >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-java-unsubscr...@ibatis.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-java-h...@ibatis.apache.org >
