Re: Slide lists (was: [PROPOSAL] One development list)

A related side note - some time back I think there was a request to  
shut down the slide user and dev lists, but that slipped off the  
radar. Is that desired now?

On 10/10/2009, at 8:43 AM, Rahul Akolkar wrote:

> [Out of necessity, this is heavily cross-posted. Suggestion is to send
> any replies to the general@jakarta list only to keep any discussion in
> one place.]
>
> 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.
>
> Motivations (not in any order):
> * Flattens and simplifies oversight - Not much else to be said on  
> that.
> * Communication - Subprojects can often have various touch points.
> So, Rony's surprise today at the BSF taglib being retired is one
> example. Lets have all dev discussions on one list.
> * Cross-pollination - Most subprojects are at the point where it
> certainly wouldn't hurt to have the active folks from all of Jakarta
> around for dev discussions, votes etc.
> * Manageable overhead - More on this later, but we have a number of
> usual suspects showing up on many of the dev lists, they'd barely
> notice a difference. Others can manage, IMO/hopefully.
>
> Operationally:
> * The combined list traffic will obviously be more than any one of
> the separate lists. However, development tends to be in spurts on
> these lists and the probabilistic chances of more than a couple of
> subproject spurts happening at the same time seems quite low. Overall,
> combined traffic is not at all overpowering IMO.
> * The proposal will include closing current dev lists and adding all
> subscribers to the one new dev list. We'll post a heads up on these
> 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.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Lets say a little over a week (10 days, which should give us two
> weekends) for initial feedback and opinions please.
>
> -Rahul
>
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