I've sent a request for the creation of an xubuntu-bugs mailing list. Thanks,
Cody A.W. Somerville On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Jim Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4/27/08, Jelle de Jong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Vincent wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Eero Tamminen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Saturday 26 April 2008, Jelle de Jong wrote: > > > > > As someone who has focused primarily on the documentation, I > > > find the > > > > > deluge of bug reports on the mailing list a little > > > overwhelming. And I > > > > > think it also increases the signal-to-noise ratio for > > > discussions on > > > > > the list - it makes it easier for a discussion to get lost. > > > > > > > > > > I'd be willing to take myself off of the Xubuntu team list if > > > others > > > > > want to keep things this way, but I'd prefer to not receive > > bug > > > > > reports from xubuntu-devel. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe there could be a separate xubuntu-bugs mailing list? > > > > > > > > > I was just going to suggest this myself, so a +1 from me. > > > > I don't see any reason why not to do this are there any? It will thinks > > more cleaner. so +1 for me to. > > > > Jelle > > > Regarding the bugs mailing list . . . I'm indifferent (and I don't mean > that in a bad way). I'm ok with being able to contribute to documentation, > but just find it annoying for every Xubuntu bug report to come into my > mailbox when I want to focus on docs. What if someone wants to contribute > to artwork or the website - should they have to see a bug report for xfwm4 > crashing? Maybe Jani, Cody, and Lionel don't like all of the artwork and > other non-core-dev related discussions on the devel mailing list, and they > prefer things this way. > > I can see the need to be notified of bug reports for Xubuntu testing/QA, > packaging, and seed management . . . but documentation, artwork and > community-building/website/marketing folks shouldn't need to see every > report. Maybe create a xubuntu-core-dev (or xubuntu-qa) mailing list for > testers, packagers, and seed managers? Or maybe create a > xubuntu-devel-discuss list for less technical development discussions? > Maybe people like Cody, Lionel, Jani, Jerome, and others like having the bug > reports come through, but no other team does things this way, and it doesn't > seem to be an optimal solution to me. I don't think that creating an email > filter is a good solution, either. > > Cody had preposed the following, "Or we could either remove xubuntu-dev > from xubuntu-team or remove the contact address (this mailing list) from > xubuntu-dev," and I haven't heard discussions of those options. I assume > that making one of those moves would stop the bug reports from feeding to > the mailing list, but I'm not sure. > > I don't intend for this to discourage people from working on bugs and > fixing things, and part of me does see how doing this helps us to see how > many bug reports are actually coming in, but another part of me says that I > have limited time to spend on Xubuntu and need to be able to focus on the > areas that require my work. > > I'm open to input on this, of course. We've had things going like this > for over a month now . . . what do people think? > > Jim > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- Cody A.W. Somerville Software Engineer Red Cow Marketing & Technologies, Inc. Office: 506-458-1290 Toll Free: 1-877-733-2699 Fax: 506-453-9112 Cell: 506-449-5899 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.redcow.ca
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