Op 30 sep. 2012 06:37 schreef "Nicholas MIller" <nick.kyky@xxxxxxxxx> het volgende: > > On Sep 29, 2012 10:26 PM, "Oon-Ee Ng" <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 11:53 AM, <1007380@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > <snip> > > > ...sometimes I want to contact the > > > devs to bring something up or ask a question on it. > > > > There's a bug tracker where you can directly contact maintainers, for > > bugs/feature requests. For 'questions' I'd think that's not really the > > responsibility of the maintainers/devs/TUs. > > > > Example:- > > 1. Program A crashes when I do X > > 2. Why is this configure flag not enabled for library B? > > 3. The documentation-supplied config for application C doesn't run. > > 4. How do I set up a server using D? > > 5. Why was this decision made for application/library E? > > > > 1, 2, and 3 are suitable for the bug tracker (maybe more suitable for > > upstream bug tracker though, in some cases). 4 should not be directed > > at devs or TUs, ever. 5, depending on content, is a feature request or > > a topic going nowhere (hence TGN in the forums). > > > > I do not support the opening of arch-dev-public (its supposed to be an > > announcement list) nor the creation of any other channel for devs to > > be contacted. Its the community's responsibility to keep arch-general > > clean enough that devs/TUs don't quit it. arch-discussion etc. would > > not help simply because in general the endless topics ARE initially > > technical, and most of us have a fuzzy line between technical topics > > and our personal opinions on them anyway. > > When i first say the suggestion of another list (discussion)i thought it > might be a good idea however > > The line between technical and opinion usually seem the same at the start +1 from me. There are sometimes quite interesting details mentioned in the OT threads. A -discuss list would be a good place for those, without cluttering -general. (yes, i'm being an optimist here ;-). Opening dev-public would take some serious manpower. I see a little advantage but quite an investment (manpower, not financial). Better leave it as-is. Mvg, Guus
