On 02/02/2012 20:19, Bilal S wrote: > I am willing to learn but finding the Apache related processes > singularly difficult to deal with. We are working with mailing list, > in the age of websites and social media.
Correct. This is deliberate. Mailing lists are the lowest common denominator and allow the widest possible participation. Not everyone has an always on internet connection with high bandwidth. For those folks with bandwidth to spare that prefer a forum interface, there are third parties that provide it. I love that the tools we use at the ASF work just as well when I (or anyone else) is at the end of a very slow mobile data connection in the middle of almost nowhere even though trying to view a web page from the same place is pretty much impossible these days. > There is no easy to find contact form anywhere on the Apache > websites. Also correct. The primary form of communication within Apache communities are the mailing lists and these should be obviously linked from each project's home page. In Tomcat's case, you'll find the forum based interfaces linked from the same place. > Yet, there seems to be a lot emotions floating around in this list. With a high a volume mailing list such as this, there is an expectation that folks follow [1] and a distinct lack of patience for folks that continue to ignore that excellent advice after they have been pointed towards it. > This in a way is good. It speaks of passion and dedication. I would > ask that this passion is directed toward assistance and innovation. > This probably will go farther than anything else. > > Feel free to email me directly if you want to chat. Off-list communication is discouraged. This is a single community that communicates through the project mailing lists. This is particularly important on the dev list. A key element of the "Apache Way" is: "If it didn't happen on the list, it didn't happen". Mark [1] http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
