On 05/12/09 09:13, Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
2009/12/4 Richard Creighton
: On Friday 04 December 2009 13:01:32 jdd wrote:
read only mailing list, IE openSUSE-announce
Right..and the announcement should include information where any discussion is ON-TOPIC and the way to subscribe to that list if not currently receiving that list. Probably most such announcements should be discussed on <opensuse> or a special <users-discussion> set up for just that topic, or in some cases, <opensuse-factory> where the announcement mostly affects developers or current beta testers. The original announcement should also be crossposted to the designated discussion list as a discussion seed thread.
I think there should be annoucements about the direction distro is heading in. It is important to inform the general user base about :
1) Discontinued packages & programs 2) New features in next release 3) Compatability issues & areas need attentive testing
This info, helps to keep ppl involved, interested in testing new release at an earlier stage, and would create some structure ie plan to drop packages should occur early in cycle.
A maximum of bi-monthly round up "Way Ahead Announcement" , as next release takes shape; possibly only 2, in the 8 month-ish release cycle we decided on. But they must not be so late that a "fait a compli" is presented with no time for adjustments due to release schedule.
To inform the maximum number of ppl, then opensuse-announce & forum Announcement ought be made. The mail list opensuse is NOT the place for follow up discussion, it is an over high bandwidth list, mainly support related.
Special interest lists, like Factory, kernel etc Can have discussions, and the annoucement can then inform rest of user base. They are also not the place, for discussion and gripes on that information, they DO NOT want the general user base flooding those lists.
So an announcements-discuss seems logical, if something decided by special interest group proves too contentioius, then management needs to step in and some more consideration be made, by the special interests to cater to the general user base's needs.
Rob
Though I can see a certain wisdom in doing so, I'm also thinking of the fallout - instead of doing development, a significant amount of time could be spent dealing with copious numbers of questions and the to and fro arguments. This would tend to reinvent the same arguments as have been had within the developers' groups. Chances development gets stuck in the sidings and all we do is argue interminably, so someone has to lay down a marker somewhere, like discussion close off dates via email to lists - let's call it EODD (End Of Discussion Date). Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org