Re: [Jazzplusplus-user] Website documentation updates

[Pete S. <pst...@ve...>]

PS = Pete Stieber
PS>>> Can I post a reply to your last message on
PS>>> jazzplusplus-devel?
PS>>>
PS>>> Are you subscribed to that list?

PS>> I went ahead and posted to jazzplusplus-devel.
PS>> Hope that's OK.  I need to get some sleep, so
PS>> I just sent the email without waiting for your
PS>> reply.
PS>>
PS>> Hope to chat via the lists soon.
PS>>
PS>> Thanks again for all of the help.

DM = D.B. Moore
DM> Ahh...I think I know what's happened here.
DM> To explain....
DM>
DM> I am (have long time been) a member of
DM> jazzplusplus-user , however you spend most
DM> of your time on jazzplusplus-devel ....of
DM> which I am not a member. I figured...(see
DM> one of my previous prattlings)...that this
DM> website documentation discussion was more
DM> fodder for this list than it was relevant
DM> to the developers list.
DM>
DM> However, we're probably kidding ourselves if
DM> we can draw such a line - clearly the discussion
DM> content *will* overlap both lists' agendas from
DM> time to time...hell, it's already happened and
DM> we've only just drawn first breaths!!
DM>
DM> I'm assuming you're a member of both lists?

Yes.  And don't forget the Subversion updates list I recently created. 
Subversion sends an email to jazzplusplus-updates that contains a list 
of modified files and description of the changes made to the files.

I'm subscribed to all of three of these lists.

DM> All I can think of right now, goes something like
DM> this....you are one of the project leaders,

And the only "active" one at this point.  Kevin C. has also been doing 
some Linux build testing.

DM> and as such you will always retain right of veto
DM> in moderation of list(s) content. In many ways
DM> you are ideally placed to decide what content of
DM> one list, should find it's topical way onto another
DM> list for cross-discussion debate. Likewise, if I
DM> raise a discussion here and think it should be
DM> flagged for the devel list as well, I will make
DM> that abundantly clear to you and you can decide from
DM> there whether any 'cross pollination' takes place.
DM> Sound reasonable?

I believe that is what's going on.

DM> Else, I could join the devel list as well...however
DM> that might neglect content here, or lead to (possibly
DM> disparate) duplication of threads on both lists.
DM> That would be confusing....(like it was on the posting
DM> above where I forgot to CC the list)

This is just my opinion, but given the amount of effort you have already 
put into this, you should subscribe to the developers list regardless. 
That's where I'll discuss the details of the documentation build system, 
idiosyncrasies of the various ports,... and this information could be 
used as for the start of some documentation or identify the need for 
some documentation.

DM> Take it as read though, if you feel any of my
DM> postings here should be also read by devel-list
DM> members, just go ahead and forward to the
DM> devel-list as you see appropriate -- a CC to
DM> my email address at the time of you doing this
DM> would be enough to let me know what has
DM> happened and gives me a heads-up that some
DM> question/comments (about that content) might be
DM> headed my way. This works for me..

I was hoping to get you to join that list and just ignore any email on 
the dev list you are not interested in.

DM> By the time you awake, we should be back in
DM> sync and on the same page.

This was a good chance to advertise mailing lists ;-)

DM> ps: Donald B or Donald M, either or is fine
DM> by me. Many years ago, it was just plain 'dbm'
DM> ...decibels per metre.... (-8

Don't forget I'm a EE, so that would be dBm, which is decibels 
referenced to one milliwatt ;-);-);-)

Pete