It's been brought to my attention both from others within the community, as well as those who are outside our community, and of course myself, that a few changes should be made. These changes reflect the opensolaris-discuss mailing list, and it's position within our community.
1) The opensolaris-discuss should have a warning label placed on it, regarding to the ill-natured conversations which very frequently occur there. Something to the nature of "The text within this list will very possibly waste your time, and what you will read here is by no means a reflection of our community, or the members here." In red, if I may add. Some effort should be given to push users to proper lists to ask their questions, or get an introduction of what they are getting into. Perhaps even use a feature of jive to introduce a minimal post count before entering this list, perhaps have it not visible from pipermail as well. -This list is usually one of the lists MOST frequently approached by our newcomers, and 9 times out of 10 lays on a very bad impression of our community and it's members. -I had dinner with some software developers last Friday, and this is exactly what had happened to them, this had to have been the 4th or 5th time I've heard the exact same thing from potential developers. Is this the kind of welcoming we are trying to give? 2) To further stress the importance of limiting this list, I think it should be scripted into the mailing-list that if opensolaris-discuss exists, no other forum can be addressed. To keep the filth from seeping out over the borders. 3) The community opensolaris-discuss may not, and should not be involved in any community related processes, to push the issue even further that we do not want constructive processes being squeezed in with the other topics. I've seen it time and time again, "opensolaris-discuss really isn't the place for constructive conversation", and it's true. opensolaris-discuss is not a community group, it shouldn't be able to sponsor projects, and none should be proposed within it. Announcements should not be made within opensolaris-discuss, and community support should NOT be sought within it either. If these three concerns are dealt with, there may be a chance for our community after all. But, until something is done about the spread of negative energy, and the unwelcoming .. welcome our visitors and potential developers are getting, we will be just be tying our shoe-laces together. Thank You, Christopher Frost
