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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Larry Gusaas <la...@gmail.com> on 2011/08/31 21:28:30 UTC

Re: [ooo-user] was RE: users-JNqQRFIbOJOM4zKIHC2jIg@public.gmane.org [Was: Re: [Discussion] dev-JNqQRFIbOJOM4zKIHC2jIg@public.gmane.org]

On 2011-08-31 1:09 PM  Rob Weir wrote:
> ooo-users, the future home ofusers@openoffice.org
>
> Like the existing list, it would not be exclusively support.  It would
> be used for discussions, new feature  ideas, etc., whatever users want
> to post (within reason).
>
> We can't prevent users from posting support questions there.  Heck, we
> can't prevent them from posting support questions on ooo-dev.  But we
> can steer support questions to a more appropriate venue where needed.

The OOo Users Mailing List was supposed to be exclusively for support. Other discussions about 
OOo were supposed to occur on the OOo Discuss Mailing List.

In reality, many people were undisciplined and did not post their comments on the appropriate list.


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Larry I. Gusaas
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada
Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese



RE: [ooo-user] was RE: users-JNqQRFIbOJOM4zKIHC2jIg@public.gmane.org [Was: Re: [Discussion] dev-JNqQRFIbOJOM4zKIHC2jIg@public.gmane.org]

Posted by "Dennis E. Hamilton" <de...@acm.org>.
Yes, undisciplined use arises on the LibreOffice lists as well (with the usual smattering of "unsubscribe me" and "please reply directly because I am not subscribed" pleas).

I don't think we can expect an occasional visitor to be disciplined, especially for a novice at coming to a list for support.

 - Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Gusaas [mailto:larry.gusaas@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:29
To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: [ooo-user] was RE: users-JNqQRFIbOJOM4zKIHC2jIg@public.gmane.org [Was: Re: [Discussion] dev-JNqQRFIbOJOM4zKIHC2jIg@public.gmane.org]

On 2011-08-31 1:09 PM  Rob Weir wrote:
> ooo-users, the future home ofusers@openoffice.org
>
> Like the existing list, it would not be exclusively support.  It would
> be used for discussions, new feature  ideas, etc., whatever users want
> to post (within reason).
>
> We can't prevent users from posting support questions there.  Heck, we
> can't prevent them from posting support questions on ooo-dev.  But we
> can steer support questions to a more appropriate venue where needed.

The OOo Users Mailing List was supposed to be exclusively for support. Other discussions about 
OOo were supposed to occur on the OOo Discuss Mailing List.

In reality, many people were undisciplined and did not post their comments on the appropriate list.


-- 
_________________________________

Larry I. Gusaas
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada
Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese