On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Edison Su <edison...@citrix.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] >> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 1:57 PM >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Email etiquette CC or not CC >> >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Edison Su <edison...@citrix.com> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > I am struggling to read all the emails on dev list everyday, it's >> > just so >> many emails. Is it possible, that enable/allow/encourage us CC to somebody >> if you think the topic he/she should take a look at? I think it will save >> both of >> us a lot of time. >> >> Edison, >> >> I'm fine with CC'ing someone specific when I know that I need their >> attention, >> but two caveats that I'm worried about are: >> >> 1 - I find myself often needing the whole community's attention, for VOTE >> threads or release planning updates, etc... I struggle to understand how >> folks want to see this. I thought that VOTE and ACS41 would be sufficient >> headers for people to actually pay attention to, but it appears to not be >> working. >> >> 2 - If someone starts a thread, I would expect that they would actually pay >> attention to that thread! I've seen times when people start a thread, but >> don't respond to queries from others in the community. This is especially >> vexing when the thread is about a work that's in progress. > > Exactly, this is the situation we should use CC, if you think other people > should pay attention to the thread, but seems they didn't, then CC will be > much efficient, than waiting for other people's response or sending private > email to other people(oh, there is email on the list, can you take a look at > ) etc. > CC somebody doesn't mean they will reply immediately, but at least, we tried > directly, other than waiting forever. >
Which of the two concerns are you saying "exactly" to? > >> >> Thoughts? >> >> -chip >
