On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote:
> Nick, I don't think you are filibustering. You raise a good point that > has not come up yet. > actually I already raised it. And took the Erlang ml as an example of a very little traffic list. The advocacy list on postgresql, is also very little used. Even it was created 10 years ago. > > Namely: what do we consider to be the success criteria of mailing > lists? And perhaps more importantly: what are the failure criteria? > > Here's my attempt at answering those questions. > > Success criteria: > > - The mailing lists are occasionally used, and when questions are > posted there, replies are received. > - People who might not otherwise have been active start to become active. > > Failure criteria: > > - Mails posted to the list go unread/un-responded to. > - Something important for the whole community was missed because it > was happening away from the dev@ list. > > > These are good points that actually can be applied to this erlang list. It is too soon to say the same for the others though. Anyway, This is why I think it's important to see what happen in other projects so we can anticipate what could happen. At least try to anticipate. Anticipation and planning are generally a good way to minimize failures. I mentionned some. - benoit
