Re: [hylafax-users] new community site

[marthter <marthter@xxxxxxxx>]

Charles Duffy wrote  on 04/11/05 05:18 AM:

> Lee Howard wrote:
>
> > I can understand that a newbie may possibly notice two mailing lists, 
> > but in the end they're going to send mail to at least one of them, so 
> > in the end all is well.
>
>
> Mailing lists aren't just for sending mail and getting new answers 
> written to your questions; they're also for searching the archives and 
> finding *old* answers, and for keeping abreast of the project's status.
>
> Searching archives is distinctly inconvenient when those archives are 
> fragmented.
>
> Keeping abreast of project status is more difficult when many relevant 
> messages may be sent only to one list or the other.
>
> Consequently, speaking as a user, fragmented mailing lists are less 
> useful than unified ones when there isn't a clear topical distinction.
>
> > As for the Sourceforge Tracker vs. HylaFAX Bugzilla.  I think that 
> > they're both as usable as the other.
>
>
> Again, this misses the objection. One of the important things people 
> do with bugtrackers is *search for preexisting bugs*. Even bugs that 
> were closed as INVALID or such on account of the reporter having a 
> misconfigured system are useful as documentation for folks who are 
> experiencing those same issues. Spreading such documentation out is 
> unhelpful.
As Lee saw with the sponsored links, long release cycle, etc, the fact 
that you don't agree with something, and can argue rationally against 
it, doesn't mean you can force it to stop.  Your comments are true, it 
_is_ less convenient when there are two mailing lists and two bug 
trackers, and I think Lee would be wise to keep these concerns in mind.  
Maybe he did weigh that inconvenience factor and found the 
get-away-from-the-commercial-sponsor factor was greater.  Though I 
understand you don't like it, and I find it inconvenient too, that is a 
valid choice for him to make.

Regards.

Martin


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