Carlos E. R. wrote:
Traffic is too high for a volunteer proxy, unless there is an organized body of proxies. It makes more sense to me that helpers have a peep at the forums, too. Devs going there can learn first hand what users are doing with their creations, so IMNSHO they must go there - else I'm reminded of the government for the people without the people adage.
I don't like forums in general myself, I don't know why people are attracted to them; but it is a fact they like it more. And the nntp interface is perfect for older cats like me.
Many of the people in the forums are newcomers - I think because they come to the forums, not to the mail list. The people here are older, probably. The traffic there is higher, more questions, many basic questions. Many of those we can handle. It is when they start asking in tides about new things like tumbleweed or gnome 3 that we can not help them - which is why we need knowledgeable helpers.
Perhaps suggest they take such questions to where they will be heard? There are lots of occasions where an opensuse list is not the right place to pursue a particular topic, and people take it directly to the <project>-list. It seems quite reasonable to suggest to a forum-user that 'you better ask that question' over on 'list77' (which has the right people listening). -- Per Jessen, Zürich (6.4°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org