Re: [PROPOSAL] One development list

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Daniel F. Savarese <[email protected]> wrote:
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> In message <[email protected]>, Rahul
>  Akolkar writes:
>>We currently have 8 active development lists at Jakarta, each devoted
>>to a subproject. I've been subscribed to all for a while and based on
>>my observations and the overall benefits of doing so, I think its time
>>to consolidate them into a single development list at Jakarta.
> ...
>>Thoughts?
>
> No objections from me.  That's been my preferred course of action
> for many years now (along with opening commit access for all Jakarta
> projects to all Jakarta committers, if we haven't already done so).
>
<snip/>

Cool (SVN restrictions were removed in April 2006).


>>lists before that. Throw in site-cvs@ as well for good measure.
>>* We could repurpose general@ as the one dev list, but OTOH, seems
>>worthwhile to maintain the dev / general separation.
>>* No changes proposed to the user lists.
>
> I'd rather site-cvs be rolled into a single [email protected]
> containing commit traffic for all Jakarta projects.  Redesignate
> general@ as user@ to contain user traffic for all Jakarta projects,
> retiring all the -user lists in the process.  People can specify the
> specific project referred to in the subject a la Commons (e.g.,
> Subject: [oro] how do glob expressions work?).  Then add
> [email protected] (also like commons).
>
<snap/>

All this certainly seems worth considering. The dev lists are
low-hanging fruit IMO, so makes sense to start there (as dev@ and
commits@ as you note). If there is overwhelming support for merging
user lists as well now, thats fine -- if not, lets separate the
discussions and get the easier parts done.

-Rahul


> daniel
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