--- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 30-Mar-2002 Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > We should consider having more than just one mailing list. > > > > Lately (thanks to Sean), we have had a lot of development discussion. I > > think we should have a developers' mailing list. (This would also cover > > usage that only applies to new development releases; i.e. new features.) > > > > Then for those who are only interested in new "official" releases, then > > maybe we could have an announce (closed) mailing list. > > > > Then the regular mailing list can be used for discussion on using the > > officially-released blackbox (and maybe some little X discussion). > > > > I would be happy to create an announce list. > > As for splitting this list into user and developer (or stable and bleeding, > or > whatever), I would rather not. Whenever you split a list you lose valuable > insight. The people most able to help the users leave the user list. It > also > creates an artificial divide between the group "we are better than you". I > have seen this happen way to often. > > For me as a developer, I find that having as many people in one place talk > about issues is good for everyone. It maximizes the number of people testing > the new code, lets those watching see how progress is going, etc. > > Historically, this list has always been split between talk of the current > code > and user support. The traffic is fairly light 5 - 10 mails a day tops usually.
That's right. As a non-developer and support-needer I find it good that the devel-discussions are held in the same newsgroup. Even tohough I don't understand that much I can see what's going on in the soon-to-be blackboxes. Also I can tell myself that I contribute to the development of blackbox just by reading those letters :-) As long as the maximum amount of letters / day does not exeed, say, 50. I'm very much OK with having the list combining devel and support. Nimbus Sweden __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
