From: Andrew S. <an...@ne...> - 2001-08-11 20:04:37
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I've been thinking for a while that e-devel would be saner with a separate 'users' list, and had discussed it privately with a couple of people. Then in the 'imlib2 bug' furfle I think at least 3 people made reference to the need for, or expected future existence of, an explicit support list for users with problems installing or running E so I figured the idea was less original than I'd previously thought. ;P So here we are. http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users I hope that anyone interested in helping with E user support and general discussion will subscribe to this list. I would also encourage core developers to consider leaving the burden of support to others unless some particularly curly problem is raised. The primary intentions of the creation of this list are to reduce the amount of "simple help" traffic on this list and to alleviate a lot of the support questions by private email. Developers may also consider putting the list's email address 'enl...@li...' in their READMEs, package spec files, and so forth. It's better for everyone that questions are posted to the list rather than to individual developers, as the responses get publicy archived and that can be regularly harvested for fresh FAQ material. Hopefully see you all on e-users. The friendly noisy ones, anyway. =) Andrew. PS. I also respectfully ask term to hop in and assist with this list; it'll suck if I try to do it all myself, and he likes having things to do. ;) -- Andrew Shugg <an...@ne...> http://www.neep.com.au/ "Just remember, Mr Fawlty, there's always someone worse off than yourself." "Is there? Well I'd like to meet him. I could do with a good laugh." |
From: Michael J. <me...@en...> - 2001-08-11 20:23:35
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On Sunday, 12 August 2001, at 04:04:14 (+0800), Andrew Shugg wrote: > I've been thinking for a while that e-devel would be saner with a > separate 'users' list, and had discussed it privately with a couple of > people. Then in the 'imlib2 bug' furfle I think at least 3 people made > reference to the need for, or expected future existence of, an explicit > support list for users with problems installing or running E so I > figured the idea was less original than I'd previously thought. ;P > > So here we are. > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users Kudos on taking the initiative. :) > I hope that anyone interested in helping with E user support and > general discussion will subscribe to this list. I would also > encourage core developers to consider leaving the burden of support > to others unless some particularly curly problem is raised. The > primary intentions of the creation of this list are to reduce the > amount of "simple help" traffic on this list and to alleviate a lot > of the support questions by private email. Perhaps particularly hairy problems should be passed on to the developers' list.... Also, I would recommend that the users' list not be restricted to subscribers only, but rather require that the list address be found in the "To:" or "Cc:" field. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <me...@et...> Software Engineer, VA Linux Systems Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Programming is like sex. One little mistake and you have to support it for life." -- Unknown |
From: Hendryx <win...@he...> - 2001-08-12 00:02:52
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* Michael Jennings (me...@en...) wrote: > Andrew Shugg wrote: > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > Also, I would recommend that the users' list not be restricted to > subscribers only, but rather require that the list address be found in > the "To:" or "Cc:" field. Well done Mr Andrew "Smart" Shugg. I agree with Michael Jennings here. Set the thing up so that anyone can email the list. And then lets add the list and the email address to the web site. Oh, and lets all makesure we reply to the e-user list as well *AND* the user. Just incase they havn't subscribed! :) - Hendryx |
From: Andrew S. <an...@ne...> - 2001-08-12 01:14:24
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Quoth Michael Jennings: > Perhaps particularly hairy problems should be passed on to the > developers' list.... Yeah, that was (also) the idea. I'd meant to say that. > Also, I would recommend that the users' list not be restricted to > subscribers only, but rather require that the list address be found in > the "To:" or "Cc:" field. This is in fact what I had already done. =) Good to see that I made the right choices ... Andrew. -- Andrew Shugg <an...@ne...> http://www.neep.com.au/ "Just remember, Mr Fawlty, there's always someone worse off than yourself." "Is there? Well I'd like to meet him. I could do with a good laugh." |
From: Christian K. <kre...@in...> - 2001-08-11 23:18:10
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Andrew Shugg wrote: > > I've been thinking for a while that e-devel would be saner with a > separate 'users' list, and had discussed it privately with a couple of > people. Then in the 'imlib2 bug' furfle I think at least 3 people made > reference to the need for, or expected future existence of, an explicit > support list for users with problems installing or running E so I > figured the idea was less original than I'd previously thought. ;P > > So here we are. > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users I'm hooked :) -- Christian. ________________________________________________________________________ http://www.whoop.org |
From: Lyle K. <te...@ke...> - 2001-08-12 00:30:59
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* Andrew Shugg (an...@ne...) wrote: > PS. I also respectfully ask term to hop in and assist with this list; > it'll suck if I try to do it all myself, Okay, I'll need the password though. :) > and he likes having things to do. ;) What if I already have things to do? Huh? Did ya consider that? Huh? :P term |
From: Carsten H. (T. R. <ra...@ra...> - 2001-08-12 01:36:54
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 04:04:14 +0800 Andrew Shugg <an...@ne...> babbled profusely: > So here we are. > > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users nice one :) good stuff. -- --------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ra...@ra... ra...@va... VA Linux Systems ra...@de... Mobile Phone: +61 (0)408 363 984 Work Phone: +61 (02) 9386 9362 |