Re: [OM Cooker] Separate qa mailing list, why?!?!

Ben Bullard <[email protected]> Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:23:20 -0500
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On 08/01/2013 07:29 PM, Per =D8yvind Karlsen wrote:
> 2013/8/2 Ben Bullard <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]=
>>
>
>     On 08/01/2013 09:21 AM, Per =D8yvind Karlsen wrote:
>>     worsen communication
>     As compared to the high level of communication on this list? :-D
>
> Touch=E9. ;)
>
> I was more thinking along the lines of being more difficult to follow=20
> discussions though. :)
>
> --
> Regards,
> Per =D8yvind
I am the person who asked for the list and I asked for it to be private=20
for members of the QA team to discuss things amongst ourselves without=20
outside noise. It is other people who decided it should be a public=20
list. I still believe it should be private. OM-General and OM-Cooker are=20
more that enough for public discussion. In fact other lists such as=20
OM-council and OM-infra are private. As should, IMOH, be OM-QA.

Of note it is obvious to me that the QA-team is slowed by noise from=20
outside those of us who are actually trying to accomplish work. And some=20
of us are trying hard to spark a movement of this distro in a forward=20
direction.

And before anyone squawks, don't start with me about being=20
open/transparent. Do any of you believe that Fedora and OpenSuSE don't=20
have such channels of communication? If you do then you are not well=20
informed. These are the distros I looked at as we were forming the QA-Tea=
m.

Any QA teams work is ultimately public and should be as is ours. Yet all=20
organizations at times see a need do do some things privately with a=20
small work group. This is not new. It is not unusual. The 6/24 .iso is a=20
prime example of something that most definitely should have been tested=20
internally before public release. This type of testing can't be done=20
while communicating on a list open to the public. Do any of you actually=20
believe that Fedora or OpenSuSE release an Alpha .iso without internal=20
QA? I know for a fact that they don't. Hence they both have private=20
channels of communication for various work groups as do many opensource=20
groups, non-profit, for profit business organizations. Again not only is=20
this not unusual it is standard practice.

--=20
Thanks,
Ben

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/01/2013 07:29 PM, Per &Oslash;yvind
      Karlsen wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote
cite="mid:CA+0WU1S1uSXPr-JfSjUTGTYDmkZL2U0P8WcVCoW8BYXgUC3R-A@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">2013/8/2 Ben Bullard <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
          moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:[email protected]"
          target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span><br>
      <div class="gmail_quote">
        <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
          <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
            <div>On 08/01/2013 09:21 AM, Per &Oslash;yvind Karlsen wrote:<br>
            </div>
            <blockquote type="cite">worsen communication</blockquote>
            <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font
                face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">A</font>s compared
              to the high level of communication on this list?</font> <span><span>
                :-D</span></span></div>
        </blockquote>
        <div>Touch&eacute;. ;)</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>I was more thinking along the lines of being more difficult
          to follow discussions though. :)</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>--</div>
        <div>Regards,</div>
        <div>Per &Oslash;yvind</div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    I am the person who asked for the list and I asked for it to be
    private for members of the QA team to discuss things amongst
    ourselves without outside noise. It is other people who decided it
    should be a public list. I still believe it should be private.
    OM-General and OM-Cooker are more that enough for public discussion.
    In fact other lists such as OM-council and OM-infra are private. As
    should, IMOH, be OM-QA.<br>
    <br>
    Of note it is obvious to me that the QA-team is slowed by noise from
    outside those of us who are actually trying to accomplish work. And
    some of us are trying hard to spark a movement of this distro in a
    forward direction.<br>
    <br>
    And before anyone squawks, don't start with me about being
    open/transparent. Do any of you believe that Fedora and OpenSuSE
    don't have such channels of communication? If you do then you are
    not well informed. These are the distros I looked at as we were
    forming the QA-Team. <br>
    <br>
    Any QA teams work is ultimately public and should be as is ours. Yet
    all organizations at times see a need do do some things privately
    with a small work group. This is not new. It is not unusual. The
    6/24 .iso is a prime example of something that most definitely
    should have been tested internally before public release. This type
    of testing can't be done while communicating on a list open to the
    public. Do any of you actually believe that Fedora or OpenSuSE
    release an Alpha .iso without internal QA? I know for a fact that
    they don't. Hence they both have private channels of communication
    for various work groups as do many opensource groups, non-profit,
    for profit business organizations. Again not only is this not
    unusual it is standard practice.<br>
    <br>
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Thanks,
Ben

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