I don't have an official policy to point you to, but Chris Mattmann (our Apache project mentor) summarized some of the points in this thread, and here is the original concern that caused us to make this change:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201402.mbox/%3CCAAS6=7hkCiT093nXVMcUus8Z-5XCDn=cQ5trjN_Kz9ARe9H=r...@mail.gmail.com%3E On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]> wrote: > Or not off-list. Sorry folks :-) Anyone should feel free to educate me > either on the policy or on mailing list use ;-) > > On Friday, February 21, 2014, Ethan Jewett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > Off-list message here. Can you point me to this policy? Due to some > > previous experiences here, I'm under the impression that it doesn't > exist. > > I can't find it on the Apache website. > > > > Thanks, > > Ethan > > > > On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, Aaron Davidson <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> > > wrote: > > > >> This is due, unfortunately, to Apache policies that all > >> development-related > >> discussion should take place on the dev list. As we are attempting to > >> graduate from an incubating project to an Apache top level project, > there > >> were some concerns raised about GitHub, and the fastest solution to > avoid > >> conflict related to our graduation was to CC dev@ for all GitHub > >> messages. > >> Once our graduation is complete, we may be able to find a less noisy way > >> of > >> dealing with these messages. > >> > >> In the meantime, one simple solution is to filter out all messages that > >> come from [email protected] and are destined to > >> [email protected]. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Gerard Maas <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > +1 please. > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Michael Ernest < > [email protected] > >> > >wrote: > >> > > >> > > +1 > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Heiko Braun < > >> [email protected] > >> > > >wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Wouldn't it be better to move the github messages to a dedicated > >> email > >> > > > list? > >> > > > > >> > > > Regards, Heiko > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Michael Ernest > >> > > Sr. Solutions Consultant > >> > > West Coast > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >
