On 05/20/19 16:42, stephano wrote: > I actually feel like we may need more lists rather than continuing to > keep devel as our main discussion forum. I appreciate your feedback and > hadn't thought of that solution, however here are my thoughts: > > On 5/15/2019 2:29 AM, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> - keep the announce list locked down (very small number of posters >> allowed) > > I want to encourage people from the community to give announcements if > they feel it is pertinent to everyone. We have a rather mature, > experienced group of engineers who I think can handle that > responsibility. If I see this privilege being abused I can restrict > posting to "approved posts", but I hope that isn't necessary. (new user > moderation will catch "bots" and the like)
OK. > >> - when making an announcement, always CC the devel list as well, >> - when consensus is reached, send *one* update (as the original poster) >> in response to the original email, again to both lists. >> >> As a result: >> >> - the announce list will only contain the announcements, and (if >> necessary) a consensus update. This will offer a very clean and >> low-traffic overview to people browsing the announce list, and to those >> that are subscribed only to the announce list >> >> - the community can engage in normal discussion hitting "Reply All" at >> all times. The discussion will occur on the devel list, and will be kept >> out of the announce list. If you (the OP) partake in the discussion, >> you'll have to take care to remove the announce list from the address >> list of your emails, as the address list would not filter you out (and >> you wouldn't want to clutter the announce list with in-flight >> discussion). >> > > I don't disagree that this would provide a way to comment on > announcements while keeping the announcement list very clean. However, I > feel like our devel list has become quite "messy" as a result of having > only 1 list for many years, and I'd like to remedy that. I feel like > your suggestion will only make the "mess" worse. > > For those of us using a MUA to filter our list, devel works very well > currently. However, if community members want to get better use out of > Groups.io, we need to ensure our conversations are formatted well for a > web interface. This would mean both refining our lists to a specific > purpose as well as taking advantage of hashtags. > > We discussed hashtags in our last community meeting: > > https://www.tianocore.org/minutes/Community-2019-05.html > > Your suggestion would indeed keep the "announce" list clean, however I > fear that it would complicate the web flow quite a bit. Hopefully that > came across as constructive. It's early and the coffee is still setting > in :). As long as these tags are read/write from a traditional (and functional) MUA + git-send-email setup, and don't force me to use the WebUI in any way, I'm fine. Thanks Laszlo -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41064): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/41064 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/31628023/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-