+1 On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Bilal Akhtar <bilalakh...@ubuntu.com>wrote:
> I think we could greatly improve the quality of discussion on this > mailing list by doing something like it was done on the ubuntu-devel > mailing list: allow a few delegated team(s) to post messages, and > everyone else will be moderated. > > We could put more thought into this, but IMHO allowing these teams the > ability to post unmoderated should be good: > ubuntumembers > ubuntu-dev > locoteams > unity-dev > The design teams > People who've been actively involved in constructive discussion in the ML. > > That's just a list which I came up in under 5 minutes, and it isn't a > new idea; ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com and many others follow a > similar system already. > > Opinions welcome. > > Bilal Akhtar. > > On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <m...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Hi folks > > > > We've done rather well to attract a lot of comments and discussion on > > the unity-design list, which is great. And there are lots of interesting > > ideas and suggestions and proposals and mockups, which is even better. > > > > There are, however, quite a lot of repetitive threads. For example, > > today's "yet another dodge windows" thread. Into that category I'd put > > the "why can't it be an option" thread and the "it's ridiculous that the > > buttons are on the left" thread. For all that they represent perfectly > > valid ideas, which are certainly shared by some users, they have been > > discussed to death and are boring to re-hash again and again. They clog > > an inbox that would otherwise be full of more interesting, new ideas. We > > are over them, so to speak, but new participants may not know that. > > > > There's lots of value in having a public, unmoderated list for design > > discussions. It's good to have a place where anybody can generate ideas. > > And this list is fine for that. I'd like to propose an additional list, > > unity-distilled, which would be public and unmoderated, but open by > > invitation only. Participation there would be predicated on a shared > > understanding of our values, goals and modus operandi. People would be > > invited if they show an interest, insight into and agreement with the > > answers to the above boring threads, and several more like them. I'm > > sure we'll have vigorous debates on -distilled, but folk there would > > have demonstrated an ability to have the debate, settle the question and > > move on to more interesting matters rather than letting the same topics > > come up repeatedly. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Mark > > > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- https://launchpad.net/~vibhavp https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VibhavPant ,-O. Ubuntu pre-developer and translator O 0 `-O'
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