Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Ronald Chmara
On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: http://www.php.net/reST/php-src/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES Maybe it needs to be cut down (or just provide the key points at the top) and automatically appended to all emails (including the welcome email) . Crontab a monthly mailing of t

RE: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Mike Robinson
Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > > We do have something along those lines: > http://www.php.net/reST/php-src/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES > > Maybe it needs to be cut down (or just provide the key points at the > top) and automatically appended to all emails (including the welcome > email) .. There you ha

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Lukas Kahwe Smith
On 01.11.2008, at 14:35, Mike R wrote: Behavioral change is exactly what is needed. The simplest way to achieve that is education and buy-in. A good start would be to document the desired behavior, in an isolated php-dev subscription page, in the form of a _brief_ terms of use, and have ne

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Guilherme Blanco
Hi guys... The idea is awesome, but it'll definately not work. Sorry. By creating an UG profile subscription will allow again everyone to subscribe "a group" when it's really just one person that wants to write something. So the UG idea will not work. Now let's close the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Again.

[PHP-DEV] Re: keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Stefan Koopmanschap
Hi, While I have not been actively posting here yet, I would like to respond here (as my name got mentioned). Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: I had a chat about this with Zoe, Stephan (of symonfy fame) and Pierre at IPC. In this discussion I got the following idea (note that I am listing the name

RE: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Mike R
Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > A simpler approach might be to just make the mailing list software > enforce a 1 email per 24-hour day per user. It would require a bit > more upfront work to munge the software, but wouldn't require any ongoing > effort. Moderation can get messy since it isn't simply spa

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Johannes Schlüter
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 23:35 +, Scott MacVicar wrote: > Users can still use reply on the internals list, so the poster can > still receive responses rather than relying on them being subscribed > to the internals list. So I see a mail in my inbox, then I'd have to check the internals folder

Re: [PHP-DEV] keeping traffic on this list manageable

2008-11-01 Thread Larry Garfield
On Friday 31 October 2008 1:23:12 pm Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > Here I come to the key part of my idea. We would allow every PHP > usergroup to also appoint one person that gets unmoderated access to > the list. This enables members of the usergroup to feed their ideas > via that person directly t