Re: [Postgres-xc-bugs] [Postgres-xc-developers] placing questions using application form from peripheral tool developing team.

[Michael P. <mic...@gm...>]

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:04 PM, 坂田 哲夫 <sak...@la...> wrote:

> Suzuki-san,
>
> Now we are developing XC's peripheral tools like as back-up, performance
> observation, fail over cluster. While developing, the tool development
> team would ask some questions to XC core developing team.
>
People are free to ask questions to developers on this mailing list.
So it can of course freely be used as long as those questions are really
related to core functionalities, features, patches or performance. Well
everything really related with the core of XC.

In case the request is more general, I would recommend to use the general
mailing list pos...@li....
For questions regarding tools, it depends but you should orientate your
question to the general mailing list... If there are cases where the
hackers ML (developer ML) is necessary you can also use it as well if you
think so.

In such a cases, we (NTT people) used to placing questions with 'Qustion
> application form' which includes version of the system in question,
> environment information (OS name and its version, hardware
> configuration), operation sequence and its results and so on. (In short,
> I mean something like NTT's "Bug-hyo").
> Because it is convenient for us to inform a reciever of things needed
> completely and to manage each questions easily.
>
I believe that people using Postgres-XC mailing lists are free to use the
format they wish. However to keep simplicity, and I personally love simple
things, people answering such formatted requests are not obliged to follow
a special format themselves.
All the responses are kept on the same mail thread, so this is enough I
believe. Keeping a certain freedom when writing emails here is kind of
really important as the project is community-based, and basically should
stay independent from any external formatting.

If you report a bug, I strongly recommend to use the bug mailing list
pos...@li... with the bug template located in
doc-xc/bug.template in source. This bug template is already formatted and
has all the fields already related to OS, version, etc. So you should
definitely use that. The bug template is based on the same one as
PostgreSQL, so as I am sure NTT guys are familiar with Postgres it won't be
a huge effort to adapt to it.


> I was wondering if you could accept the questions placed with such an
> application form and write answers with it.
>
Once again, people willing to response to mails on this hackers ML are not
obliged to follow a special format. If they wish to answer without any
application form, they can do so. If they wish to answer with a given
application form, well they are free to follow anything they wish.
Personally I don't think an application form will permit to gain time, and
email threads are enough. We have also email archives available with
SourceForge services.
So, if it is a bug, please respect the template in doc-xc/bug.template and
send it to pos...@li....If it is anything else,
at least in my opinion people are free to answer and interact with XC's
mailing lists as they wish.
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Michael Paquier
http://michael.otacoo.com