On Jun 28, 2007, at 6:35 PM, Glynn Foster wrote: >>>> -dev: Developer dsicussion related to the topic >>>> -code: Code discussion related to the topic >> >> What's the difference between -dev and -code? > > Good catch. > > Yeah, some of this is due to historical decisions eg. opensolaris- > code and > zfs-code. More recently people have been using -dev, and the code > review site > for generating diffs. There may not be a real need for -code > anymore, and > probably should have included '-notify' instead.
IMO, the -discuss and -code suffixes were poorly chosen. Mailing lists should have a scope built into the name that evokes the topics that are open to discussion. For that reason I prefer "-dev" (which stands for development, including both code and non-code contributions) and "-use" (which serves as a users self-help forum). ....Roy
