On 11/21/15, 7:06 PM, "William A Rowe Jr" <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote:
>That was my reaction. A dev-cn@community.apache. org could be a useful >discussion vehicle to engage prospects and help with facilitating that >engagement. It wouldn't look all that much different than the usual >English Q&A here on dev@c a o. My initial instinct is that per-language mailing lists aren't a good idea. But I would not require that folks post in English either. Otherwise it feels like saying at ApacheCon that you have to go another room to have a conversation in your native language. Even if I can't read what is being written by others, I can probably pick out a few keywords and at least have an idea that certain topics are being discussed. AIUI, while it is best if all discussion about development is on dev@, only decisions need to be brought back to dev@ (and even then, those aren't final). Thus, I think the only requirement is that the result of any non-English discussion would have to be brought back to dev@ in English. That's sort of the way it works for me in any face-to-face interaction with teams from other countries. They often discuss amongst themselves in their native language right in front of me, then one of them takes the time to explain it to me in English. The Flex mailing lists recently had a discussion in German because it just happened that the two main people involved happened to both be fluent in German. -Alex
