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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jason

I think there are different problems to address here.

That developer discussion doesn't happen on the devs list is certainly a
problem.  It should.  That is a question of transparency and process which
we should improve on.

I don't think we should encourage the use of the dev list for all manner of
things, but rather encourage that it is used for what it was meant to be
used for.  Or drop it or rename it.

Anyway I was not trying to solve all our community building efforts related
to lists with this mail.  Just airing an idea that Steven raised, which I
think might be quite useful.  Whether it is list, forum, usenet group or
googlegroup I don't have too strong a preference.

Not much time right now anyway, but will keep listening to hear what people
say.

Bob

On 9 October 2014 12:34, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Bob,
> I see the need, but am a bit concerned about establishing another mailing
> list. You can see from the dev list, that there are A LOT of non-dev topics
> already. Some of these are implementation issues, some end-user support,
> and a small smattering of Java jabberwocky. The dev list has sort of become
> the default mailing list for everything, and this is where people tend to
> go for support. The user list receives much less traffic, in spite of the
> fact that most of what is on the dev list is really not development
> related. While I think it is a good idea, there is inertia to overcome.
>
> Another idea which we have been contemplating is the establishment of a
> forum. This came out of the meeting in Oslo a few weeks back. I have been
> working with Lars Helge on this, but there is some more work which needs to
> be done before it would even be ready for testing. However,maybe a forum
> would be a better media for such discussions?
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesigye@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Brilliant idea.
>> Let's go for it.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Steven Uggowitzer recently raised the idea with me to create a system
>>> administrators list.  Aimed at backend sort of things relating to the
>>> operating system, security, database tuning, dhis2-tools, virtual machine
>>> images etc.
>>>
>>> Those geeky sort of things which are not about java development or about
>>> users as such, but all the stuff that needs to happen in between.
>>>
>>> I said I'd run it by our extended community and try and gauge interest.
>>> Please reply in this thread if you think its a good idea (or not).  If
>>> there is sufficient interest we can look at setting up.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Bob
>>>
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>>
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>>
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