Re: [Rails-devel] Interesting BGG thread with Rails users

[brett l. <bre...@gm...>]

You shouldn't shy away from the list for development discussions.
That's what it's here for.

But, I think it's time we had a more user-centric list for
troubleshooting and less technical discussions.

I'm actually pretty happy about this. Our little project is growing.
It's a good problem to have.  :-)

---Brett.



On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Stefan Frey <ste...@we...> wrote:
> I believe that  a split into two lists would be really helpful, as I sometimes
> avoid the devel list for java specific stuff to avoid scare off those from
> the devel list who are ("only") interested in 18xx stuff (like rule questions
> and get feedback on the state of bugs). Maybe even keep the current mailing
> list for that reason and add a new one like devel-internal,
> devel-implementation or devel-java?
>
> Stefan
>
> On Friday 12 March 2010 04:00:52 brett lentz wrote:
>> Excellent!  Thanks for the heads up!
>>
>> Do you think it would be helpful to add a rails-users mailing list to
>> give people a place to discuss more user-centric topics?
>>
>> ---Brett.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Jim Black <jim...@ya...> wrote:
>> > On the perhaps-suspect assumption that not /everyone/ on this list is an
>> > avid subscriber to all 18xx threads on boardgamegeek, I wanted to bring
>> > your attention to a particularly Rails-related thread on BGG-
>> > http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/492594/18xx-play-by-email-game-cleari
>> >nghouse
>> >
>> > Most of the thread is just organizing Rails/pbem games; it's a great
>> > resource for that, if you're not already aware of it.
>> >
>> > But also- there's been some more Rails-specific discussion (and
>> > criticisms), lately.
>> >
>> > While this developer-group list (here) tends to focus on rails
>> > development from the inside, this geek thread offers some perspective
>> > from the Rails user community.
>> >
>> > I see it as a mixed bag, mostly very positive.
>> >
>> > While some Rails problems are severe, those seem much more the
>> > exceptional case these days, and not the rule.  1856 is still
>> > stabilizing, it appears- so be it.
>> >
>> > The list of new titles seems to be poised to expand quickly.
>> >
>> > A lot of fun games are getting organized and played, eg from this thread-
>> > given that Rails is getting a lot more usage, if severe/showstopper bugs
>> > are less frequent, it must be getting more stable.  Still- it gets more
>> > scrutiny, too.
>> >
>> > Anyway... mostly, I wanted to give everyone here a pointer to this
>> > discussion on the geek.
>> >
>> > regards,
>> > -  jim
>> >
>> >
>> >
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