Re: [Discuss][VOTE] Combine the project user and dev mailing lists into user@ and dev@

Dominik Psenner <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:23:02 +0100
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We had once the discussion that we wanted all Apache Logging projects to 
become very similar in their usage, starting with the same or a very 
similar configuration. Given that we should aim towards one Apache 
Logging specification and several Apache Logging specification 
implementations in the form of Apache Logging subprojects. That means 
all the devs for all subprojects have to talk more. To me this is a good 
reasons to merge the dev mailing lists. Further I don't see why the same 
use case should not apply to the user mailing lists, too. Those mailing 
lists see very low traffic but all of them need a larger audience. Just 
quoting the last few messages of two user mailing lists I follow:

log4j-user: the last topic came in a week ago, the topic before that 
about two weeks ago
log4net-user: the last topic came in 24 hours ago and the topic before 
that a month ago

Cheers

On 2017-03-09 19:24, Ralph Goers wrote:
> We use general as mainly an announcement list for topics that might be 
> of general interest to all logging projects. Generally, these are just 
> release announcements.
>
> Ralph
>
>> On Mar 9, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Matt Sicker <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, I agree that the user lists can remain separate as it doesn't 
>> cause any issues currently. The main idea here is whether we should 
>> merge the dev lists into one, or if we need a common dev list for all 
>> devs to subscribe to (general@ doesn't sound appropriate, but I don't 
>> know what that list is for).
>>
>> On 9 March 2017 at 10:26, Ralph Goers <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>     You should note that while we consider all votes only PMC votes
>>     are “binding”. I don’t think that changes much however.
>>
>>     From a PMC perspective I have to say that keeping the user’s
>>     lists separate isn’t likely to be an issue as most of the things
>>     that would need to be discussed would be on a dev list anyway.
>>
>>     Ralph
>>
>>>     On Mar 9, 2017, at 2:45 AM, Dominik Psenner <[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     The votes are way too scattered over the different mailing lists
>>>     so that I didn't even find my own vote. ;-) Therefore I'm trying
>>>     to summarize the current state of the vote:
>>>
>>>     log4j-dev@, log4php-dev@, log4net-dev@, log4cxx-dev@ ->[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>
>>>     Matt Sicker: +1
>>>     Ralph Goers: +1
>>>     Stefan Bodewig: +1
>>>     Sven Rautenverg: -1
>>>     Thorsten Schöning: -0
>>>     Ivan Habunek: -0
>>>     Dominik Psenner: +1
>>>     Remko Popma: +1
>>>     Mikael Ståldal: +0
>>>
>>>     Totals so far:
>>>     +1: 5
>>>     +0: 1
>>>     -0: 2
>>>     -1: 1
>>>
>>>     log4j-user@, log4php-user@, log4net-user@, log4cxx-user@, general@ ->[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>
>>>     Matt Sicker: -1
>>>     Ralph Goers: +1
>>>     Stefan Bodewig: -1
>>>     Sven Rautenverg: -1
>>>     Thorsten Schöning: -0
>>>     Ivan Habunek: -0
>>>     Dominik Psenner: +1
>>>     Remko Popma: +1
>>>     Mikael Ståldal: -1
>>>
>>>     Totals so far:
>>>     +1: 3
>>>     +0: 0
>>>     -0: 2
>>>     -1: 4
>>>     Sorry to anyone who's vote is missing.
>>>
>>>     On 2017-03-08 05:20, Matt Sicker wrote:
>>>>     I may be missing some mailing lists considering I just
>>>>     subscribed to half of them less than five minutes ago.
>>>>
>>>>     This is a vote to merge the various Apache Logging Services
>>>>     mailing lists. The proposal is to combine them as follows:
>>>>
>>>>     log4j-dev@, log4php-dev@, log4net-dev@, log4cxx-dev@ ->
>>>>     [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>     log4j-user@, log4php-user@, log4net-user@, log4cxx-user@,
>>>>     general@ -> [email protected]
>>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>
>>>>     commits@ and private@ remain the same as before.
>>>>
>>>>     The proposal would also suggest that the old emails become
>>>>     aliases for the combined email names so as not to lose any
>>>>     future emails. To distinguish between projects, a subject tag
>>>>     can be added such as:
>>>>
>>>>     [java]
>>>>     [net]
>>>>     [cxx]
>>>>     [php]
>>>>
>>>>     Though I wouldn't think such a tag is required, though it
>>>>     should help in gaining the attention of the appropriate audience.
>>>>
>>>>     Voting:
>>>>
>>>>     +1: Yes, combine the mailing lists!
>>>>     +0: Go ahead, don't care that much.
>>>>     -0: Don't like it, but not vetoing it.
>>>>     -1: No, don't do that! I have a better idea!
>>>>
>>>>     This vote follows the same "lazy consensus" (at least 3 +1
>>>>     binding, no -1/vetoes) we use for general releases and whatnot.
>>>>     The vote will be open for at least 72 hours.
>>>>
>>>>     -- 
>>>>     Matt Sicker <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Matt Sicker <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>


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    <p>We had once the discussion that we wanted all Apache Logging
      projects to become very similar in their usage, starting with the
      same or a very similar configuration. Given that we should aim
      towards one Apache Logging specification and several Apache
      Logging specification implementations in the form of Apache
      Logging subprojects. That means all the devs for all subprojects
      have to talk more. To me this is a good reasons to merge the dev
      mailing lists. Further I don't see why the same use case should
      not apply to the user mailing lists, too. Those mailing lists see
      very low traffic but all of them need a larger audience. Just
      quoting the last few messages of two user mailing lists I follow:<br>
    </p>
    <p>log4j-user: the last topic came in a week ago, the topic before
      that about two weeks ago<br>
      log4net-user: the last topic came in 24 hours ago and the topic
      before that a month ago<br>
    </p>
    <p>Cheers<br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2017-03-09 19:24, Ralph Goers wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote
      cite="mid:[email protected]"
      type="cite">
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      <div class="">We use general as mainly an announcement list for
        topics that might be of general interest to all logging
        projects. Generally, these are just release announcements.</div>
      <div class=""><br class="">
      </div>
      <div class="">Ralph</div>
      <br class="">
      <div>
        <blockquote type="cite" class="">
          <div class="">On Mar 9, 2017, at 10:37 AM, Matt Sicker &lt;<a
              moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:[email protected]"
              class="">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div>
          <br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
          <div class="">
            <div dir="ltr" class="">Yeah, I agree that the user lists
              can remain separate as it doesn't cause any issues
              currently. The main idea here is whether we should merge
              the dev lists into one, or if we need a common dev list
              for all devs to subscribe to (general@ doesn't sound
              appropriate, but I don't know what that list is for).</div>
            <div class="gmail_extra"><br class="">
              <div class="gmail_quote">On 9 March 2017 at 10:26, Ralph
                Goers <span dir="ltr" class="">&lt;<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:[email protected]"
                    target="_blank" class="">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span>
                wrote:<br class="">
                <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
                  .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
                  <div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="">
                    <div class="">You should note that while we consider
                      all votes only PMC votes are “binding”. I don’t
                      think that changes much however.</div>
                    <div class=""><br class="">
                    </div>
                    <div class="">From a PMC perspective I have to say
                      that keeping the user’s lists separate isn’t
                      likely to be an issue as most of the things that
                      would need to be discussed would be on a dev list
                      anyway.</div>
                    <span class="HOEnZb"><font class="" color="#888888">
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                        </div>
                        <div class="">Ralph</div>
                      </font></span>
                    <div class="">
                      <div class="h5"><br class="">
                        <div class="">
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                            <div class="">On Mar 9, 2017, at 2:45 AM,
                              Dominik Psenner &lt;<a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="mailto:[email protected]"
                                target="_blank" class="">[email protected]</a>&gt;
                              wrote:</div>
                            <br
                              class="m_-3547174407184483746Apple-interchange-newline">
                            <div class="">
                              <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"
                                class="">
                                <p class="">The votes are way too
                                  scattered over the different mailing
                                  lists so that I didn't even find my
                                  own vote. ;-) Therefore I'm trying to
                                  summarize the current state of the
                                  vote:</p>
                                <pre class="">log4j-dev@, log4php-dev@, log4net-dev@, log4cxx-dev@ -&gt; <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="m_-3547174407184483746moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></pre>
                                <p class="">Matt Sicker: +1<br class="">
                                  Ralph Goers: +1<br class="">
                                  Stefan Bodewig: +1<br class="">
                                  Sven Rautenverg: -1<br class="">
                                  Thorsten Schöning: -0<br class="">
                                  Ivan Habunek: -0<br class="">
                                  Dominik Psenner: +1<br class="">
                                  Remko Popma: +1<br class="">
                                  Mikael Ståldal: +0</p>
                                <p class="">Totals so far:<br class="">
                                  +1: 5<br class="">
                                  +0: 1<br class="">
                                  -0: 2<br class="">
                                  -1: 1</p>
                                <pre class="">log4j-user@, log4php-user@, log4net-user@, log4cxx-user@, general@ -&gt; <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="m_-3547174407184483746moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>

Matt Sicker: -1
Ralph Goers: +1
Stefan Bodewig: -1
Sven Rautenverg: -1
Thorsten Schöning: -0
Ivan Habunek: -0
Dominik Psenner: +1
Remko Popma: +1
Mikael Ståldal: -1

Totals so far:
+1: 3
+0: 0
-0: 2
-1: 4
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                                Sorry to anyone who's vote is missing.<br
                                  class="">
                                <br class="">
                                <div
                                  class="m_-3547174407184483746moz-cite-prefix">On
                                  2017-03-08 05:20, Matt Sicker wrote:<br
                                    class="">
                                </div>
                                <blockquote type="cite" class="">
                                  <div dir="ltr" class="">I may be
                                    missing some mailing lists
                                    considering I just subscribed to
                                    half of them less than five minutes
                                    ago.
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">This is a vote to
                                      merge the various Apache Logging
                                      Services mailing lists. The
                                      proposal is to combine them as
                                      follows:</div>
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">log4j-dev@,
                                      log4php-dev@, log4net-dev@,
                                      log4cxx-dev@ -&gt; <a
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:[email protected]"
                                        target="_blank" class="">[email protected]</a></div>
                                    <div class="">log4j-user@,
                                      log4php-user@, log4net-user@,
                                      log4cxx-user@, general@ -&gt; <a
                                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                                        href="mailto:[email protected]"
                                        target="_blank" class="">[email protected]</a></div>
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">commits@ and private@
                                      remain the same as before.</div>
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">The proposal would
                                      also suggest that the old emails
                                      become aliases for the combined
                                      email names so as not to lose any
                                      future emails. To distinguish
                                      between projects, a subject tag
                                      can be added such as:</div>
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">[java]</div>
                                    <div class="">[net]</div>
                                    <div class="">[cxx]</div>
                                    <div class="">[php]</div>
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">Though I wouldn't
                                      think such a tag is required,
                                      though it should help in gaining
                                      the attention of the appropriate
                                      audience.</div>
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">Voting:</div>
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">+1: Yes, combine the
                                      mailing lists!</div>
                                    <div class="">+0: Go ahead, don't
                                      care that much.</div>
                                    <div class="">-0: Don't like it, but
                                      not vetoing it.</div>
                                    <div class="">-1: No, don't do that!
                                      I have a better idea!</div>
                                    <div class=""><br class="">
                                    </div>
                                    <div class="">This vote follows the
                                      same "lazy consensus" (at least 3
                                      +1 binding, no -1/vetoes) we use
                                      for general releases and whatnot.
                                      The vote will be open for at least
                                      72 hours.<br class="" clear="all">
                                      <div class=""><br class="">
                                      </div>
                                      -- <br class="">
                                      <div
                                        class="m_-3547174407184483746gmail_signature">Matt
                                        Sicker &lt;<a
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          href="mailto:[email protected]"
                                          target="_blank" class="">[email protected]</a>&gt;</div>
                                    </div>
                                  </div>
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              <br class="">
              <br class="" clear="all">
              <div class=""><br class="">
              </div>
              -- <br class="">
              <div class="gmail_signature"
                data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Matt Sicker &lt;<a
                  moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:[email protected]"
                  target="_blank" class="">[email protected]</a>&gt;</div>
            </div>
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