-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rich Bowen wrote: > > On Mar 29, 2009, at 17:23, Jukka Zitting wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> At the ApacheCon we discussed about introducing some generic >> topic-based mailing lists at Apache. Currently inter-project >> cooperation is a bit difficult as joining another dev@ or user@ >> mailing list can be a pretty overwhelming experience due to the heavy >> volume of project-specific discussion. To avoid this problem we could >> introduce some generic mailing lists that cover technologies or other >> topics that are of interest to multiple Apache projects. Such lists >> could be osgi-interest@, http-interest@, xml-interest@, >> rest-interest@, jcr-interest@, build-interest@, etc. Whatever topic >> where two more projects have a shared interest and believe that they >> could benefit from a low volume forum where they could coordinate >> their efforts and exchange experience and code. >> >> WDYT?
the disadvantage of the more finely-grained approach we have taken to project management is that now there is less productive intercourse between projects outside ApacheCon. one of the most useful things about the OSGi BOF was that it appeared that lots of people had cool toys but no one knew about them or that there was interest in them outside particular communities. > I think "try it and see". File a ticket, get a list made, and see if it > survives or if it dies. If it survives, great, it was useful. If it > dies, well, no great effort was expended in making the list. +1 - - robert -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknRICEACgkQQ617goCdfgM03ACgjuCbHcn9yPN9ThA0ZVTGP/KA kIcAoIoLM1LXC0x/EzW4EZKX3AxD8jUK =+75f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: community-unsubscr...@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: community-h...@apache.org
