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Re: [stellation-res] Newsgroup
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At 09:38 AM 8/26/2002 +0000, Mark C. Chu-Carroll wrote:
On Mon, 2002-08-26 at 13:21, Dave Shields wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 03:53:35PM +0000, Mark C. Chu-Carroll wrote:
> >
> > We now have our own newsgroup: eclipse.technology.stellation.
> >
> > If you folks agree, I'd like to migrate the design-oriented discussions
> > onto the newsgroup, and keep the mailing list for more day-to-day work
> > issues, bug fixing matters, etc.
>
> Actually, I'd prefer to keep as much of the discussion, especially the
design-related part,
> on the mail-list, to avoid raising the question "where do I post?" as
much as possible.
I agree that that's a problem. Just so that people understand why I'm
suggesting using the newsgroup:
- I've yet to find a mailer that's as good at dealing with threads as
my newsreader.....
- There's a lot of day-to-day traffic in the mailing list, most of
which can be treated as very transient....
[Back at work for a couple of days, then off again until next Tuesday..]
I favor using a newsgroup for design discussions; my mailer does a bad job
of handling threads. Newsgroups also make it easier (imo) to manage
multiple simultaneous discussions. Not as important: I suspect a newsgroup
will do a better job of keeping related posts in time order. Timestamps for
mail seem to vary widely; my primary mail client (Eudora) sorts by
timestamp, so comments and replies are often listed out of order...
A newsgroup will (probably) make it easier for newcomers to come up to speed
on design issues and other high-level discussions.
I'd also vote for keeping the transient stuff on a mailing list, to reduce
newsgroup clutter.
Re: "where do I post" - I'd suggest
* Use mailing list for: bug fixes, day-to-day work, voting,
announcements, anything that is clearly transient.
* Use newsgroup for design issues, project planning,
anything that needs significant discussion (where threading
is desirable).
* Post to both if you're not sure where it belongs .... with the
mailing list post serving as a "heads-up", and significant followups
(if any) posted to the newsgroup thread.
My $.02 -- (or, my .02057 Euros...)
Jim
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Jim Wright, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
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