-1 for permissions change for dev@ +1 for a clearer description any native speaker volunteering?
--Manfred On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Simon Lessard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -1 > > However, it's true that Apache product users often consider themselves > developer and thus post on the developer forum even when their question > should really be on the user list. We could probably reduce such occurrences > a little by adding a clearer explanation of the purpose of each list on the > mailing page. > > > Regards, > > ~ Simon > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Paul Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Andrew, >> >> The dev@ mailing list is described on the Jakarts site[1] as: >> The "Developer" lists where you can send questions and comments about >> the actual software source code and general "development" types of >> questions. >> >> Making the developer list private is extreme and I would resist this >> change. Their are many productive discussion on the developer list that >> include non-committers or non-pmc members. >> >> Are the posting to the developer list because the question is not answered >> on the user list? If so, then lets address this problem first. If not, >> then should the response to an user@ post on the dev@ list be something like >> "You have posted this to the wrong list, please repost this on the user@ >> list" >> >> The dev@ mailing list is described on the Jakarts site[1] as: >> The "Developer" lists where you can send questions and comments about >> the actual software source code and general "development" types of >> questions. >> >> Making the developer list private is extreme. Their are many discussion >> on the developer list that include non-committers or non-pmc members. >> >> >> Paul Spencer >> >> [1]http://jakarta.apache.org/site/mail.html >> >> >> Andrew Robinson wrote: >>> >>> Is it possible to make dev@ a private mailing list, so only commiters >>> and people that PMCs decide should have access to post are allowed to >>> send emails to this list? That way we can reduce the accidental >>> posting to dev@ instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> -Andrew >>> >> > >
