Re: [eclipse-dev] Is there any interest in a committers forum?

[Craig Setera <craigjunk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As an outsider that tries to keep an eye on Eclipse development 
activities, I would be disappointed to see these types of discussions 
become private.   Although I'm sure that there are many discussions that 
are already private, there is so much to be learned from the committers 
on the Eclipse project.  Being able to "lurk" and learn is helpful for 
me at least.  Making it read-only to the public would be fine by me, but 
please don't remove the visibility altogether.

Thanks,
Craig

Mike Milinkovich wrote:

> I agree that Ed is on to something. I suspect that in the future there 
> will be a greater need for cross-project co-ordination and discussion.
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> If Eclipse's committers want the Foundation to create such 
> a newsgroup, I am volunteering Denis and Matt to figure out a way to 
> make it happen. What I do not understand is the desired visibility for 
> such a newsgroup. Is it public or private? Should it be writable only 
> by committers, but readable by all? Depending on what is desired, the 
> task of making it happen varies somewhere between trivial and 
> indeterminate.
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> I don't want to take away from Ed and EclipseZone's kind offer. But it 
> seems to me that the needs of the committer community should be dealt 
> with at eclipse.org. The whole point of the Foundation is to support 
> the needs of its members, which most definitely includes its 
> committers. We haven't made as much visible progress as I want, but 
> we're definitely working hard to make things better.
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> /mike