On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Ross Gardler > <rgard...@opendirective.com>wrote: > >> On 8 August 2011 16:14, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> ... >> >> > From my perspective, I don't see the one BIG list as bad, but it would be >> > VERY helpful if folks could label messages more succinctly and restrict >> > discussion to rather specific aspects. >> >> +1 >> >> Not to mention useful subject lines (take a look at what the original >> subject was for the thread I took this from - I didn't edit the >> original and it is not truncated) >> >> > And, documenting what's been discussed is CRITICAL! It is madness to try >> to >> > sift through these messages to get to the "implementable" aspects. >> >> +1 >> >> I really like the practice I see in some communities where someone >> will take long rambling threads and post a "[summary] foo bar" mail >> the the thread periodically. This is brilliant for those needing to >> catch up and also acts as a description of "impementable" conclusions >> and community consensus that is emerging. >> >> Ross >> > > Great idea if we could find a volunteer! I tried to do this (only once) on > the "refactoring discussion" but I'll tell you some of these discussions are > SO lengthy it's impossible. > > Maybe we'll do better (and some good soul will step up for the documentation > aspects) if we can adhere to some discussion standards. >
We have a mailing lists page: http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html A list of proposed subject tags would fit very well there, after the first paragraph. Committers can easily edit this using the Apache CMS in their browsers: http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/docs/edit-cms.html For example, I just added the link the email tips earlier today. -Rob > Let's keep our fingers crossed. > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "Those who love deeply never grow old; > they may die of old age, but they die young." > -- Sir Arthur Pinero >
