From: Jonathan Hogg <[email protected]>
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On 21/4/01 12:29, Will Partain wrote:
> ark-users -- for users' chit-chat, if we ever have any :-)
[...]
>Any ideas to improve these arrangements would be most welcome.
Sounds cool to me, but I was wondering over the purpose of ark-users.
Given that Arusha is a framework for collaboration more than anything
else, to that end I would suggest that ark-dev henceforth be just for
discussing the core ARK code and that we use ark-users for discussing any
ins and outs of particular packages or mechanisms. Except...
Perhaps we should have another list for discussion of the sidai policy
team? i.e., ark-users could be used for "I'm trying to setup a package to
compile foobar-1.3 and I can't figure out a sensible configure method for
it, anyone got any ideas?" and we could use ark-sidai for "I've put
together a standard mechanism for configuring foobar which I'd like to
suggest be included into sidai."
I would expect that other informal cross-site collaborations would setup
their own lists for discussion.
Folks:
IMHO, I suggest you not create too many specialized lists initially until
traffic levels warrant them. You run the risk of some lists going unused,
other lists being used for the "wrong" purposes, constant "scoldings" saying
"this is inappropriate to this (specialized) list, please post to ark-foobar",
etc. I mean to say, would your average user understand what ark-sidai is
for anyway?
Would ark-announce be a list that one voluntarily subscribes to, or would
you (Will) have it be the union of all other lists? If you have many
specialized lists, all voluntarily subscribed to, you'll find that some
persons won't join ark-announce and will miss important news.
Berto
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