Copy of the reply I got from Bob, since it didn't go to the list: On Friday 29 August 2003 08:45 am, John Keller wrote: > w9ya wrote: > > No comments on wikis. Or maybe better put; I had better not waste > > everyones > > > time on my impressions of wikis. In any event; I think the timetable > > *needs* > > > to reiterated on the mailing list as "milestones" approach as stuff on a > > wiki > > > is easily "missed". > > I think that the Wiki serves an important role in presenting information > that might normally be drowned out on the list. I've just spent an entire > night making it so that it's easier to find the information without > resorting to a search, expressly so people can quickly get to key info from > the front page.
When they are and remain organized. > > I think it's unreasonable to expect the level of redundancy on the mailing > list that you're asking for. What happens when someone subscribes after the > crucial announcement? What about me, missing half a day's messages due to > some unexplained problem? What makes you sure that some key announcement > will be seen by everyone? Well nothing is perfect , even wikis. (see my comment above) > > The sheer fact that you missed the information about OO.o being included in > RC2 says to me that you, like anyone else, can easily miss the one > announcement that matters to them. Then we're back to square one with the > complaints... Actually I saw the request, and a saw a message from Warly. The english was poor enough I wasn't sure if it was rc1 or rc2 of OO. > > If you don't like the Wiki, fine. But it was implemented as a solution to > precisely the problem that you bring up. It's unreasonable to dismiss that > solution and still complain that information isn't being conveyed (when it > is) just because it's not in the format you want. Again, until you reorganized the wiki, the information was *effectively* lost to me. > > - John > > P.S. Your e-mail settings override the ability to reply to the list, > instead of just to you. You may want consider changing them, or else the > list will miss some of the very information that you say it should have. Actually, ALL email programs I am aware of can deal with this just fine. I have considered changing them, but most emailing lists I subscribe to replace that field on incoming messages to the reflector itself. I need this setting for other work. Perhaps Mandrake can change the way their reflector works ? Best regards; Bob
