On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: > Hi, > > Matt told us yesterday (at the CloudStack event) that there are no rules on > a Apache project, but I do think some guidelines are needed. > > One of the things we should discuss is the usage of the devel list and how > you post on it. > > I'm suggesting to use: > - Plain-text e-mail only > - No disclaimers or big signatures > - No top-quoting, only bottom quoting or in-line > - Send patches using "git send-email" > - Always Reply-All > > I regularly read my e-mail on my phone or on some other high-latency, > low-bandwidth connection and in those cases it's nice to have plain-text > e-mail only. > > Also, I like plain-text e-mail :-) > > Keeping the mailing list clean should make it easier to participate and keep > track of all the conversations. > > Comments? Suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Wido
I can't agree enough. And honestly we've had these 'policies' in place for over a year: http://cloudstack.org/discuss/mailing-lists.html and our new ASF friends have the following mailing list guidelines: https://www.apache.org/dev/contrib-email-tips.html I know this is a big change for some - but please look at Wido's comments above and learn how to set your mail client to behave appropriately - at least in the case of the mailing lists. --David
