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From: John Keyes <jbjk@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [all] Separate email list for math development?
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 22:21:43 +0000
To: Jakarta Commons Developers List <commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org>

>>> Its a tough call, I'm not quite convinced theres enough [math] 
>>> activity yet (even though I opened up the discussion). I fact, there 
>>> was a long period in the fall where we didn't open any new 
>>> discussions about math.
>> My reason for commenting on this thread is to see if we can
>> identify a real problem rather than segregating projects
>> from the community.
>> -John K

> Sounds good, my concern was that others in the community were not 
> happy with the amount of math traffic. The idea of an alternate list 
> was just  one possible direction. I agree that causing project 
> segregation is a big concern and we should avoid allowing it to 
> happen. However, as commons grows larger (or as projects outgrow the 
> commons), there may be cases where this is neccessary.

I think the Wiki could play a part here where design decisions are
edited and recorded.  I haven't thought this through yet.

-John K
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