Re: [PHP-DEV] Moderate PHP-DEV

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Sascha Schumann wrote:

> > Yes, because getting a cvs account is just *soooo* hard.
> 
>     The problem is that you easily lose valuable postings when
>     you force people to go through some restrictive system.
> 
>     I'm especially worried about inter-group communication.  E.g.
>     where php-dev is involved in a discussion with another group
>     of people.  If some developer list tries to protect itself
>     from my input, I usually don't bother to jump through hoops.
> 
>     This happened just recently with group@ and the ASF board
>     where some messages got stuck in a filter.
> 
> > Currently, unless someone points me elsewhere I only read messages from
> > PHP core devs.
> 
>     You must be kidding.  There are 20-30 emails on php-dev on
>     normal days.  That hardly makes up 10% of my personal email
>     traffic.  The volume is quite negligible from my POV.
> 
>     Let's implement the renaming and Shane's two section thing
>     first before we evaluate more draconic measures.

  I agree, it's worth looking into more subtle and less 
  controversial changes.  Change the name, clarify its 
  use (ex. move dev list signup..), and see what happens.

  Regards,
  Philip