"Wade" might be a little OTT. ;) I think the doc is too terse, if anything. (But actually, I think it strikes the balance very well.)
On 3 July 2013 17:51, Eric Johnson <e...@tibco.com> wrote: > My one suggestion would be to group all the historical patterns/commentary > at the end of the document. That way, people looking for specific > information about current practices will not have to wade through > historical information. > > Eric > > > On 7/2/13 6:59 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > >> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> Hey Marvin, >>> >>> Did you get anywhere with this? >>> >> Finally, yes. I've written up the subject on the Incubator wiki and >> linked to >> it from the proposal guide. >> >> >> https://wiki.apache.org/**incubator/MailingListOptions<https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MailingListOptions> >> http://incubator.apache.org/**guides/proposal.html#template-** >> mailing-lists<http://incubator.apache.org/guides/proposal.html#template-mailing-lists> >> >> I'm having second thoughts about where it should live permanently, though. >> The Incubator's documentation could withstand some reorganization and I'm >> contemplating some proposals which I'll put forth in a little while. >> >> Marvin Humphrey >> >> On 30 March 2013 15:39, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Greg. Sane advice. I'll add this to my todo list and see if I >>>>> can >>>>> come up with a patch for the docs. >>>>> >>>> The obvious place to patch is the descriptive paragraph here: >>>> >>>> http://incubator.apache.org/**guides/proposal.html#template-** >>>> mailing-lists<http://incubator.apache.org/guides/proposal.html#template-mailing-lists> >>>> >>>> However, I question whether decisions about mailing lists should be >>>> made by >>>> the small group that typically works up a proposal. Why not start off >>>> with >>>> just a dev list and have the entire community participate in discussions >>>> about what additional mailing lists to add? >>>> >>>> * Do we need a user@ list yet? >>>> * Where should commit notifications be sent? >>>> * Where should issue tracker notifications be sent? >>>> * Should we add an announce@ list? >>>> >>>> These questions all have interesting implications with regard to >>>> community >>>> dynamics, and I think it would benefit podlings to be considering them >>>> early on. >>>> >>>> So, I'd like to propose a page describing the various mailing list >>>> choices >>>> that top-level Apache projects have made and the tradeoffs, which I >>>> volunteer to write and which I think ought to live on community.a.o >>>> rather >>>> than incubator.a.o. >>>> >>>> Once that page is live, I propose that we modify the proposal template >>>> so >>>> that the default is only a dev list. Mailing list expansion then >>>> becomes >>>> part of the incubation curriculum, along with code import, header >>>> change, >>>> preparation of a release management procedure, making a release, >>>> recruiting >>>> new contributors/committers/PMC-**members, and so on. >>>> >>>> Marvin Humphrey >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >>>> --------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>>> general-unsubscribe@incubator.**apache.org<general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org> >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>> general-help@incubator.apache.**org<general-h...@incubator.apache.org> >>>> >>> -- >>> NS >>> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> general-unsubscribe@incubator.**apache.org<general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> general-help@incubator.apache.**org<general-h...@incubator.apache.org> >> >> > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > general-unsubscribe@incubator.**apache.org<general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > general-help@incubator.apache.**org<general-h...@incubator.apache.org> > > -- NS
