There are some good ideas here. I propose splitting this list into devel and users lists.
This might best be done by creating a new list for users and using this list for development. Travis -- Travis Oliphant (on a mobile) 512-826-7480 On Jun 27, 2012, at 11:38 PM, srean <srean.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi List, > > this has been brought up several times, and the response has been > generally positive but it has fallen through the cracks. So here are a > few repeat requests. Am keeping it terse just for brevity > > i) Split the list into [devel] and [help] and as was mentioned > recently [rant/flame]: > > some request for help get drowned out during active development > related discussions and simple help requests pollutes more urgent > development related matters. > > ii) Stackoverflow like site for help as well as for proposals. > > The silent majority has been referred to a few times recently. I > suspect there does exist many lurkers on the list who do prefer one > discussed solution over the other but for various reasons do not break > out of their lurk mode to send a mail saying "I prefer this solution". > Such an interface will also help in keeping track of the level of > support as compared to mails that are larges hunks of quoted text with > a line or two stating ones preference or seconding a proposal. > > One thing I have learned from traffic accidents is that if one asks > for a help of the assembled crowd, no one knows how to respond. On the > other hand if you say "hey there in a blue shirt could you get some > water" you get instant results. So pardon me for taking the > presumptuous liberty to request Travis to please set it up or > delegate. > > Splitting the lists shouldn't be hard work, setting up overflow might > be more work in comparison. > > Best > -- srean > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
