The forum has a very nice search facility http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Developers-f1294837.html On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 at 06:11, Jimmie Houchin <jlhouchin@gmail.com> wrote:
On 10/23/2016 12:11 AM, Tudor Girba wrote:
Hi,
The communication traffic around Pharo is constantly increasing and it is harder and harder to keep up with everything that is happening.
On the one hand this is great because it shows that our project is growing healthily. On the other hand, it makes it harder for people to find the relevant thread and participate in discussions. This is problematic given that this mailing list is for discussing development issues that require specific expertise.
To address this, I kindly ask everyone to keep a thread as much as possible on the topic meant by the title of the thread.
Cheers, Tudor
-- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com
"Value is always contextual."
I agree.
We all know frequently threads take unforeseen directions. If you are going to take a thread in a direction not on topic with the title, then give your email a new title appropriate with the new topic.
This helps people to better keep up with the mailing list as they can better discern what messages are of interest to them or not. It also helps people with particular knowledge know if messages if the message is something they may need to respond to.
It also helps the mailing list archives be more valuable for people searching for answers.
In addition I would like to encourage people to limit the quoted material of the email to that which is important to or the context of what they are replying to. So many emails are replies to long and increasingly longer emails due to quoting of complete emails only to make brief comments about small portion of the email.
These mailing lists are an incredibly valuable resource. They are the first place I search to find answers. These few simple things can help them to be cleaner and more valuable as people will more easily find what they are looking for.
Thanks.
Jimmie Houchin