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

[Koichi S. <koi...@gm...>]

Thanks Michael for the reply.

I understand NTT how NTT people are doing inside and I think you can
keep using it inside.   On the other hand, to have response from many
people, I have to say that Michael is right.    It will not be
reasonable to convince the people to use this.   Instead, I advise to
past your questions and reports to ML and paste the response to your
form again.    I think this will keep things move forward quickly.

If you need an answer to a question "Is it all?" or "Am I all set?",
we will be more than happy to response.   I think this helps to close
each of your format.

What about the language?   Of course, English is better.   But if you
feel it's not practical for the people to open an issue, Japanese may
be okay.    We can translate into English to help people to respond if
the number of issue is not too many.    I don't think you need
responses translated into Japanese.

Please let me know your idea.

Regards;
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Koichi Suzuki


2012/5/26 Michael Paquier <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.
> --
> Michael Paquier
> http://michael.otacoo.com
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