Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 10:27:56 -0300 (ADT)
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
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On Thu, 13 May 2010, Magnus Hagander wrote:

> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@hub.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 May 2010, Greg Stark wrote:
>>
>>> I'm thinking I'll move -general (and the useless -novice) to another folder. But I'm left wondering what to do with -admin and -performance. They're a random mix of user content and developer content. I'll probably move them along with -general but that means I won't be likely to see any development discussion on them in the future
>>
>> There shouldn't be any dev discussions on them as it is ... that isn't their mandate ... those are/were meant to be end-user lists, not developer ones ...
>
> We know from experience that doesn't work. People just end up
> crossposting, because they're not sure people are on both lists. And
> then you want to move a discussion, which just means you have to CC in
> both lists, leading to even more duplication.
>
> If there was a clear distinction between end-user and dev it might
> make sense. That how commercial software companies tend to work -
> don't let devs talk to end users. That's not how we work. Forcing
> people to look in different places just throws hurdles in front of
> those trying to help out.

What *are* you talking about?  This doesn't seem to have anything related 
to what I said :)

All I was saying was that -performance and -admin are not development 
discusion lists, not that developers aren't subscribed / talking on them 
... that doesn't make them any less end-user lists ...

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