Re: [ALL] Bulk operations in Jira (Was: Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML)

2015-01-19 Thread sebb
On 19 January 2015 at 11:28, Benedikt Ritter wrote: > Hi Bernd > > 2015-01-18 18:49 GMT+01:00 Bernd Eckenfels : > >> Hello Ben, >> >> I was actually looking for this switch before. After releasing VFS >> there would be a few hundred closed bugs, so it comes in handy. >> >> However I dont see a bul

[ALL] Bulk operations in Jira (Was: Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML)

2015-01-19 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hi Bernd 2015-01-18 18:49 GMT+01:00 Bernd Eckenfels : > Hello Ben, > > I was actually looking for this switch before. After releasing VFS > there would be a few hundred closed bugs, so it comes in handy. > > However I dont see a bulk operation interface. It is supposed to be > under "Tools" and r

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-18 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
Hello Ben, I was actually looking for this switch before. After releasing VFS there would be a few hundred closed bugs, so it comes in handy. However I dont see a bulk operation interface. It is supposed to be under "Tools" and requires a global "Bulk" permission. But I dont see a tools menu. Or

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-18 Thread Phil Steitz
On 1/17/15 3:36 PM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 17/01/2015 23:18, Phil Steitz a écrit : > >> Sorry for the hijack; but I agree this is noise that would be nice >> to suppress. > +1 > > I suggest to leave the bugs fixed and avoid closing them, that's useless. I disagree, but it may be a matter of pe

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-18 Thread Benedikt Ritter
2015-01-17 23:36 GMT+01:00 Emmanuel Bourg : > Le 17/01/2015 23:18, Phil Steitz a écrit : > > > Sorry for the hijack; but I agree this is noise that would be nice > > to suppress. > > +1 > > I suggest to leave the bugs fixed and avoid closing them, that's useless. > When you do bulk operations in

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-18 Thread Benedikt Ritter
2015-01-16 17:21 GMT+01:00 Ben McCann : > I find the whole I idea of a mailing list very 1990s. +1 I've heard that from people several times... > I'd much prefer > something like Google Groups where I can set my notification preferences > easily to send me updates only on certain threads such

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 17/01/2015 23:18, Phil Steitz a écrit : > Sorry for the hijack; but I agree this is noise that would be nice > to suppress. +1 I suggest to leave the bugs fixed and avoid closing them, that's useless. Emmanuel Bourg - To u

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread sebb
On 17 January 2015 at 22:18, Phil Steitz wrote: > On 1/17/15 3:11 PM, sebb wrote: >> On 17 January 2015 at 16:29, Mark Fortner wrote: >>> Bulk JIRA changes prior to a release tend to swamp the list. Perhaps it >>> would be better to close the issue as the work is done. >> The convention is to res

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Phil Steitz
On 1/17/15 3:11 PM, sebb wrote: > On 17 January 2015 at 16:29, Mark Fortner wrote: >> Bulk JIRA changes prior to a release tend to swamp the list. Perhaps it >> would be better to close the issue as the work is done. > The convention is to resolve the issue when the work is done and close > the is

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread sebb
On 17 January 2015 at 16:29, Mark Fortner wrote: > Bulk JIRA changes prior to a release tend to swamp the list. Perhaps it > would be better to close the issue as the work is done. The convention is to resolve the issue when the work is done and close the issues after the release. When bulk clos

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Ole Ersoy
On 01/17/2015 01:16 PM, Duncan Jones wrote: On 17 January 2015 at 16:59, Ole Ersoy wrote: GIlles, Well said as always. With respect to the goal of growing the community, I think everyone agrees that that's a good goal. So if we pick tools that developers are most likely to be used to, then t

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Duncan Jones
On 17 January 2015 at 16:59, Ole Ersoy wrote: > GIlles, > > Well said as always. > > With respect to the goal of growing the community, I think everyone agrees > that that's a good goal. > So if we pick tools that developers are most likely to be used to, then they > are more likely to join. > > T

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Ole Ersoy
GIlles, Well said as always. With respect to the goal of growing the community, I think everyone agrees that that's a good goal. So if we pick tools that developers are most likely to be used to, then they are more likely to join. The number of open source projects is growing everyday, and mo

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Mark Fortner
Bulk JIRA changes prior to a release tend to swamp the list. Perhaps it would be better to close the issue as the work is done. Mark On Jan 17, 2015 8:11 AM, "Gilles" wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:36:55 +0100, Gilles wrote: > >> On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:00:34 +, sebb wrote: >> >>> On 17 Janu

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Gilles
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 16:36:55 +0100, Gilles wrote: On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:00:34 +, sebb wrote: On 17 January 2015 at 14:23, Gilles wrote: On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:00:45 -0600, Ole Ersoy wrote: I agree - we're hung up on a clown from the 90s. It's so much simpler click watch on github and g

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Gilles
On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:00:34 +, sebb wrote: On 17 January 2015 at 14:23, Gilles wrote: On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:00:45 -0600, Ole Ersoy wrote: I agree - we're hung up on a clown from the 90s. It's so much simpler click watch on github and get notifications. Also stackoverflow has a much br

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread sebb
On 17 January 2015 at 14:23, Gilles wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:00:45 -0600, Ole Ersoy wrote: >> >> I agree - we're hung up on a clown from the 90s. It's so much >> simpler click watch on github and get notifications. Also >> stackoverflow has a much broader Java community and having traffic

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 21:50:59 +0100, Oliver Heger wrote: Am 16.01.2015 um 16:19 schrieb Duncan Jones: On 16 January 2015 at 14:54, Torsten Curdt wrote: Concerning [Math], when the possibility was raised, the majority thought that development within Commons had practical advantages (through shar

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread James Carman
Well put!! On Saturday, January 17, 2015, Gilles wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:00:45 -0600, Ole Ersoy wrote: > >> I agree - we're hung up on a clown from the 90s. It's so much >> simpler click watch on github and get notifications. Also >> stackoverflow has a much broader Java community and

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 21:58:42 +0100, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: Le 16/01/2015 21:17, Gilles a écrit : Between 2014-10-21 and now, the count of messages addressed to one of the "commons" lists is 4387, that is an average of about 50 per day (1500 per month). How did you get that number? It's the

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-17 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:00:45 -0600, Ole Ersoy wrote: I agree - we're hung up on a clown from the 90s. It's so much simpler click watch on github and get notifications. Also stackoverflow has a much broader Java community and having traffic go through it could benefit this community. I'm afrai

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Ole Ersoy
I agree - we're hung up on a clown from the 90s. It's so much simpler click watch on github and get notifications. Also stackoverflow has a much broader Java community and having traffic go through it could benefit this community. Ole On 01/16/2015 10:21 AM, Ben McCann wrote: I find the who

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 16/01/2015 21:17, Gilles a écrit : > Between 2014-10-21 and now, the count of messages addressed to one of the > "commons" lists is 4387, that is an average of about 50 per day (1500 per > month). How did you get that number? I got 400 by averaging the messages per month displayed on the mail

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Oliver Heger
Am 16.01.2015 um 16:19 schrieb Duncan Jones: > On 16 January 2015 at 14:54, Torsten Curdt wrote: >>> Concerning [Math], when the possibility was raised, the majority >>> thought that development within Commons had practical advantages >>> (through shared burden of the development environment). >

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread James Carman
Or, they could move to TLP. On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Gary Gregory wrote: > I'm not sure what infra will say about managing multiple dev lists for one > project, but we can ask. > > I would suggest that if a project wants its own dev list, a VOTE be called. > Commons is still _one_ project

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gary Gregory
I'm not sure what infra will say about managing multiple dev lists for one project, but we can ask. I would suggest that if a project wants its own dev list, a VOTE be called. Commons is still _one_ project, so all Commons PMC committers votes should count, not just folks involved in that single p

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:58:12 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: On 1/16/15 5:05 AM, Jörg Schaible wrote: Emmanuel Bourg wrote: If the volume of messages discourages new contributors from joining the project that's indeed an issue. Two or three people said so. We had an average of 400 messages per

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Phil Steitz
On 1/16/15 5:05 AM, Jörg Schaible wrote: > Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > >> If the volume of messages discourages new contributors from joining the >> project that's indeed an issue. We had an average of 400 messages per >> month in 2014, that's on par with maven-dev, half of tomcat-dev and 1/7 >> of luc

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 16/01/2015 17:25, Torsten Curdt a écrit : > Sorry - I am done with this thread. err... wait ! We haven't talked about logging and line length yet ;) Emmanuel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Torsten Curdt
>> Then let's ask the next question: Why be a Commons project? > > I gave one answer a few posts ago (several times). Guess I missed that in all that traffic :-p Sorry - I am done with this thread. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Ben McCann
I find the whole I idea of a mailing list very 1990s. I'd much prefer something like Google Groups where I can set my notification preferences easily to send me updates only on certain threads such as threads I've started, which has a nice easily browsable and searchable web interface, and where I

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:56:30 +0100, Torsten Curdt wrote: I would be in favour of total segregation, even including issues and commits, but I appreciate the latter two might be challenging to implement. Then let's ask the next question: Why be a Commons project? I gave one answer a few posts a

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:52:36 +0100, Torsten Curdt wrote: Was it mentioned that anybody would be forbidden to subscribe to any ML they see fit? You missed my point - but never mind. What was it? Judging from your comments below, you completely missed mine. That comparison is pretty flawe

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Torsten Curdt
> I would be in favour of total segregation, even including issues and > commits, but I appreciate the latter two might be challenging to > implement. Then let's ask the next question: Why be a Commons project? - To unsubscribe,

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Torsten Curdt
> Was it mentioned that anybody would be forbidden to subscribe to any > ML they see fit? You missed my point - but never mind. >> That comparison is pretty flawed as those projects are not tiny >> components. > > > I'm not talking about the size of components, but the size of the > ML traffic.

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
While I am part of the [RDF] community - I would be careful about sub-lists with "too few people" (e.g. <3). As you said, voting on releases (and other PMC-level votes) should be kept on the all-dev - formally then the sublist should not be a worry - you wouldn't make a mailing list for two people

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Duncan Jones
On 16 January 2015 at 14:54, Torsten Curdt wrote: >> Concerning [Math], when the possibility was raised, the majority >> thought that development within Commons had practical advantages >> (through shared burden of the development environment). >> >> I'm stating again the fact that nobody is invol

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:54:40 +0100, Torsten Curdt wrote: Concerning [Math], when the possibility was raised, the majority thought that development within Commons had practical advantages (through shared burden of the development environment). I'm stating again the fact that nobody is involved in

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Torsten Curdt
> Concerning [Math], when the possibility was raised, the majority > thought that development within Commons had practical advantages > (through shared burden of the development environment). > > I'm stating again the fact that nobody is involved in a "Commons" > project programming-wise; hence it

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:36:27 +, Mark Thomas wrote: On 16/01/2015 11:18, Gilles wrote: On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:40:18 +, Mark Thomas wrote: On 16/01/2015 07:53, Benedikt Ritter wrote: Hi Gilles, 2015-01-16 1:47 GMT+01:00 Gilles : Hi. In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Mark Thomas
On 16/01/2015 11:18, Gilles wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:40:18 +, Mark Thomas wrote: >> On 16/01/2015 07:53, Benedikt Ritter wrote: >>> Hi Gilles, >>> >>> 2015-01-16 1:47 GMT+01:00 Gilles : >>> Hi. In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems that the traffic volume

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Jörg Schaible
Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > If the volume of messages discourages new contributors from joining the > project that's indeed an issue. We had an average of 400 messages per > month in 2014, that's on par with maven-dev, half of tomcat-dev and 1/7 > of lucene-dev. > > I don't think splitting the list b

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Kristian Rosenvold
I'd say the problem is probably that you have too little mailing list traffic incoming. Subscribe to a few more and you /will/ have to start making inbox rules :) Kristian (Who had the dubious honor of receiving more email than the rest of my company altogether last year - 20 people)

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Bruno P. Kinoshita
lopers List >Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 10:47 PM >Subject: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML > > >Hi. > >In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems that the >traffic volume is a stumbling block. >[For some time now, it has been a growing nuisance,

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread sebb
On 16 January 2015 at 11:21, sebb wrote: > On 16 January 2015 at 11:16, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: >> Le 16/01/2015 12:03, sebb a écrit : >> >>> Commits already have a separate list. >> >> Ah thanks, I thought they were merged. Maybe we could move the Wiki >> notifications to the commits or notificati

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread sebb
On 16 January 2015 at 11:13, Gilles wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:53:56 +0100, Benedikt Ritter wrote: >> >> Hi Gilles, >> >> 2015-01-16 1:47 GMT+01:00 Gilles : >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems that the >>> traffic volume is a stumbling block. >>> [For some ti

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread sebb
On 16 January 2015 at 11:16, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Le 16/01/2015 12:03, sebb a écrit : > >> Commits already have a separate list. > > Ah thanks, I thought they were merged. Maybe we could move the Wiki > notifications to the commits or notification lists, as well as the > jenkins/continuum/gump

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:40:18 +, Mark Thomas wrote: On 16/01/2015 07:53, Benedikt Ritter wrote: Hi Gilles, 2015-01-16 1:47 GMT+01:00 Gilles : Hi. In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems that the traffic volume is a stumbling block. [For some time now, it has been a growing nuis

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 16/01/2015 12:03, sebb a écrit : > Commits already have a separate list. Ah thanks, I thought they were merged. Maybe we could move the Wiki notifications to the commits or notification lists, as well as the jenkins/continuum/gump messages. Emmanuel Bourg ---

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:53:56 +0100, Benedikt Ritter wrote: Hi Gilles, 2015-01-16 1:47 GMT+01:00 Gilles : Hi. In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems that the traffic volume is a stumbling block. [For some time now, it has been a growing nuisance, and the usual dismissal about filte

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Gilles
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:49:14 +0100, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: If the volume of messages discourages new contributors from joining the project that's indeed an issue. We had an average of 400 messages per month in 2014, that's on par with maven-dev, half of tomcat-dev and 1/7 of lucene-dev. I don'

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread sebb
On 16 January 2015 at 10:49, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > If the volume of messages discourages new contributors from joining the > project that's indeed an issue. We had an average of 400 messages per > month in 2014, that's on par with maven-dev, half of tomcat-dev and 1/7 > of lucene-dev. > > I don'

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
If the volume of messages discourages new contributors from joining the project that's indeed an issue. We had an average of 400 messages per month in 2014, that's on par with maven-dev, half of tomcat-dev and 1/7 of lucene-dev. I don't think splitting the list by component is a good idea though,

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-16 Thread Mark Thomas
On 16/01/2015 07:53, Benedikt Ritter wrote: > Hi Gilles, > > 2015-01-16 1:47 GMT+01:00 Gilles : > >> Hi. >> >> In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems that the >> traffic volume is a stumbling block. >> [For some time now, it has been a growing nuisance, and the >> usual dismissal abou

Re: [ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-15 Thread Benedikt Ritter
Hi Gilles, 2015-01-16 1:47 GMT+01:00 Gilles : > Hi. > > In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems that the > traffic volume is a stumbling block. > [For some time now, it has been a growing nuisance, and the > usual dismissal about filters won't change the fact: Setting > up a filter tha

[ALL] Too much traffic on the "dev" ML

2015-01-15 Thread Gilles
Hi. In the discussion that started about RDF, it seems that the traffic volume is a stumbling block. [For some time now, it has been a growing nuisance, and the usual dismissal about filters won't change the fact: Setting up a filter that will redirect stuff to /dev/null is a waste of bandwidth.]