On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Stefan Sperling <s...@apache.org> wrote:
> BTW, it would have been better to send your question to the users@ list. > The dev@ list is off-topic for questions like this. I suppose you chose > dev@ because of your idea to develop support for cross-repository copies, > which I'll address now: At a meta-level, I've seen this dismissal and plea to just send to users@instead happen a few times recently on dev@. I'd like to ensure we don't hinder potential contributors by sending out the wrong tone in their initial interactions with dev@. We welcome all contributors with open arms. To me, Zem's initial post was perfectly appropriate for dev@ and given the ensuing discussions including some that apparently happened off-list, it was (and is) a good catalyst for discussion and bringing those discussions back to the list. In other words, in my opinion, a very good and on-topic dev@ post. Back to the topic at hand, my take on this feature is it's probably a good idea to figure out how to solve it...the landscape over a decade ago when we started out isn't the same as it is now. -- justin P.S. Hi Zem! =)
