James Bennett wrote: > I'm sorry if it sounded rude; again, I wasn't trying to pick > on you, but it's also hard to articulate this without > sounding like an asshole. It's kind of a lose-lose situation.
And I apologize for reacting badly. No harm, no foul. > And this is really great for someone who has a question, > because it increases the odds that all you'll have to do is > type some words into a search box -- for common or > oft-repeated questions, the answers are already right there > and you don't have to wait for someone on the mailing list to > see your question and reply. I almost always first search for technical answers, but wouldn't have thought to search for a request to include a subject prefix. I don't know why, I just wouldn't have. > But the problem is that it only works if people use the > available resources, and it's really hard to encourage that > without sounding rude -- it's never nice to tell someone to > RTFM or search the list archive or, worst of all, read a "how > to ask questions" document, but as the size of a mailing list > grows, it's extremely important to do just that. Otherwise, > the volume of repetitive messages will get unmanageable and > people will start leaving (I know a couple folks who've done > that already with this list). Ironic. I was asking for a method that would help me make the list more managable, and have been told "no." Ironic because it will likely cause me to leave before I can really learn more about Django, my reason for wanting to get on the list to begin with. But I can't handle this volume of email w/o having the tools I need (a subject indentifer) to manage it. Just FYI, the [turbogears] list happily burns 12 characters of their subject line, and it make their list oh-so-much-more managable. > So... I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, other > than to point out that things suck on both ends of the > situation and that anyone who can come up with a better way > will make millions of dollars. Or not, when some open-source developer implements it for free. '-) (BTW, I support open-source, just thought that concept was funny.) -- -Mike Schinkel http://www.mikeschinkel.com/blogs/ http://www.welldesignedurls.org http://atlanta-web.org - http://t.oolicio.us --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
