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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: RfD: KDE Special Interest Groups
From:       Sven Radej <sven () lisa ! exp ! univie ! ac ! at>
Date:       1999-06-02 11:13:35
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On Wed, 02 Jun 1999, Waldo Bastian wrote:
>Matthias Hoelzer-Kluepfel wrote:
>> What do you think? Would forming SIG's make life easier for
>> us, or would it just add more overhead? Please follow up with
>> any suggestions you have.
>
>I'm afraid these SIGs will not be maintained very well.
>
>My wife is subscribed to mailinglists where they have various
>topics. You can then subscribe to one, more or all topics.
>The topic is prepended to the subject of each message.
>
>Perhaps ppl with little time can then throw away some topics
>
>The problem is to find suitable topics. Are there broad
>categories to distinguish looking at the archive?

I think that it would help a lot if people take care of subjects.
Subject must be clear; Not like "Big problem" but "Big problem in
kdeui/toolbars"; and even more important when discussion drifts away from
kdeui/toolbars to question do-turtles-think-and-if-yes-what-do-they-think-of-KDE
then change the subject to "Do turtles think? (was: Big problem in
kdeui/toolbars)"

Choosing a suitable and informative Subject line can help you to simply ignore
messages which talk about something you don't work at/understand/care.

Also it is important to - if needed - inform wider audience about possible
global impact in discussion. Example:
Thread started as "Big problems in kdeui/toolbars" drifted away to "Do turtles
think", and all participants of that thread agreed that it is necessary to use
Automake-3463.345 (because of turtles, of course). Then it is needed
to post a message with Subject "Use Automake-3463.345" with short explanation
why, and where (in mail archives) can one find the discussion thread.

No need for special software (except in one's  head).
  -- 
Sven Radej      radej@kde.org
KDE developer   Visit http://www.kde.org

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