On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Edison Su <edison...@citrix.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] >> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 2:07 PM >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Email etiquette CC or not CC >> >> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Edison Su <edison...@citrix.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] >> >> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 1:57 PM >> >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Email etiquette CC or not CC >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Edison Su <edison...@citrix.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> >> > I am struggling to read all the emails on dev list everyday, >> >> > it's just so >> >> many emails. Is it possible, that enable/allow/encourage us CC to >> >> somebody if you think the topic he/she should take a look at? I think >> >> it will save both of us a lot of time. >> >> >> >> Edison, >> >> >> >> I'm fine with CC'ing someone specific when I know that I need their >> >> attention, but two caveats that I'm worried about are: >> >> >> >> 1 - I find myself often needing the whole community's attention, for >> >> VOTE threads or release planning updates, etc... I struggle to >> >> understand how folks want to see this. I thought that VOTE and ACS41 >> >> would be sufficient headers for people to actually pay attention to, >> >> but it appears to not be working. >> >> >> >> 2 - If someone starts a thread, I would expect that they would >> >> actually pay attention to that thread! I've seen times when people >> >> start a thread, but don't respond to queries from others in the >> >> community. This is especially vexing when the thread is about a work >> that's in progress. >> > >> > Exactly, this is the situation we should use CC, if you think other people >> should pay attention to the thread, but seems they didn't, then CC will be >> much efficient, than waiting for other people's response or sending private >> email to other people(oh, there is email on the list, can you take a look at >> ) >> etc. >> > CC somebody doesn't mean they will reply immediately, but at least, we >> tried directly, other than waiting forever. >> > >> >> Which of the two concerns are you saying "exactly" to? > > > Item 2.
But my point is that if I start a thread, people responding shouldn't have to add me to the "CC" list to get me to read their replies. That's just silly. I, being a responsible community member, should follow up on my own threads. Right? And what about my first concern? How do community wide emails actually get read, if folks aren't paying attention to the overall list traffic? > >> >> > >> >> >> >> Thoughts? >> >> >> >> -chip >> > >
