Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Mar 2003 20:06:08 -0800 (PST) | From | Tom Lord <> | Subject | moving the BitBucket GPL discussion to a context with potential for _progress_ |
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[PLEASE ... DO NOT followup without trimming the addressees.]
David Lang (on lkml, in the context of a partly interesing revision control system discussion):
hey guys, the suggestion to move to another list for this discussion was to reduce traffic on the kernel list, not add a bunch of arch discussions to the bitkeeper discussions.
First, please tolerate _some_ (hopefully very _short_ term) cross-posting as a tactic to move the discussion to the arch-users@lists.fifthvision.net list. Honestly, I think a few redundant declarations on lkml can help with the medium-to-longer-term movement of traffic off of lkml. (Not that your plea is inconsistent with that.)
Second, I personally (taking a risk here) think it's reasonable to use arch-users for more than just the narrow arch topic -- for the whole lkml-vs.-bk issue, for example. arch-users are already learning from these lkml threads. If you're *really* off-topic on arch-users, but have made what you think is an enriching post, just put "OT:" in the subject line (but, hey, make it a _high quality_ post, whatever that means).
Third, in the arch world, I think we're really open-minded and interested about revision control in general -- we're thinking a lot about design issues -- not slavishly devoted to just a narrow conception of arch. Projects that compete with arch -- developers of competing systems -- let's (M. Grubb, forgive me for not getting prior permission :-), gather on arch-users for rational discourse.
I'll leave you with the enclosed, from arch-users. We _are_ conscious of de-noisifying lkml (and not needlessly noisifying any other list or mbox).
-t
Subject: [arch-users] the "zen" of lkml
Here, let me try to say nothing at all:
*) On the one hand, if several of us say essentially the same thing on lkml, but in different terms, that greatly increases the chances of achieving communication.
*) On the other hand, if several of us say essentially the same thing on lkml, but in different terms, that greatly increases the chances of dragging out an unwelcome thread.
I don't know what that means but it sounds important so keep it in mind.
-t
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