[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 1+
>
> The problem, of course, is that the critical functionality is evolving so
> rapidly, that most "users" prefer the developer list, since that is where
> the action is. This is the downside of a Open Source project such as Tomcat
> (as opposed to the Apache Server project where CVS updates involve very
> little change in the functionality, or usability of the server).
>
That tends to be true on maintenance releases to existing code (particularly in
betas) of most projects. It was certainly true of the patches I committed between
3.2-b6 and 3.2-final -- pretty much the only functionality changes were making a
couple of default settings configurable. Everything else was bug fixes.
> [snip]
>
> Sean
>
> PS. Being on a couple of NNTP based newsgoups, I think I favor these to a
> mailing list since it is easier to thread (and ignore) messages.
>
An NNTP based system would disenfranchise users behind firewalls that prohibit NNTP
traffic.
My mail reader (Netscape Communicator) provides me a user experience for mailing
lists that is almost identical to the way it handles newsgroups:
* Auto-filter copies messages for each list I subscribe to into a
folder for that list.
* My default sort order is "by thread", so I can follow conversations
easily.
* The only difference is actually a good thing -- on mailing list folders
the Delete button is still active :-)
Craig McClanahan
