Author: crossley
Date: Thu Oct 27 01:39:06 2005
New Revision: 328825
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=328825&view=rev
Log:
Encourage more oversight.
Discourage off-list discussions.
Modified:
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/guidelines.xml
Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/guidelines.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/guidelines.xml?rev=328825&r1=328824&r2=328825&view=diff
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--- forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/guidelines.xml (original)
+++ forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/guidelines.xml Thu Oct 27 01:39:06 2005
@@ -536,9 +536,10 @@
<title>Communication channels</title>
<p>
The primary mechanism for communication is the mailing lists.
- This enables anyone to participate, no matter what their time zone.
- This enables a reliable archive of past discussion that can be searched
- for answers.
+ Anyone can participate, no matter what their time zone.
+ A reliable searchable archive of past discussion is built.
+ Oversight is enabled. Many eyes ensures that the project evolves
+ in a consistent direction.
</p>
<p>
All decisions are made on the "dev" mailing list.
@@ -555,6 +556,11 @@
that they choose. Permanent IRC channels are poor from a community-building
point-of-view, as they tend to create time-zone based cliques.
So we don't.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Similarly, private discussions are discouraged. The rest of the community
+ would not benefit from the understanding that is developed.
+ Off-list discussions put too much load on overworked volunteers.
</p>
</section>
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