Gluster users - Apr 2015 - Guidelines for posting in our mailing lists

Hi All,

Since the volume of posts on our mailing lists seems to be steadily 
increasing, I wonder if we should evolve guidelines for posting in the 
lists along the lines of the Fedora one [1]. It could be useful for new 
entrants in the community to understand our mailing list etiquette.

If we think it is a good idea to evolve this artifact and don't find 
anything in the fedora guidelines objectionable, I would be happy to 
port it for Gluster :).

Thanks,
Vijay

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Do we have a problem.... Or is this a solution looking for a problem?

I'd rather have an overall code of conduct... of which e-mail correspondence
is a small part. :)

I'll use Debian's an example:

https://www.debian.org/code_of_conduct
https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct

In addition, in a quick scan of the Fedora document, I find it feels stiff
and uninviting.  Compare it to the Debian docs and you'll see what I mean.

Not that either community will tolerate you violating their norms.  It is
merely how they express that sentiment.

My thoughts,

-Ira

----- Original Message -----
> Hi All,
> 
> Since the volume of posts on our mailing lists seems to be steadily
> increasing, I wonder if we should evolve guidelines for posting in the
> lists along the lines of the Fedora one [1]. It could be useful for new
> entrants in the community to understand our mailing list etiquette.
> 
> If we think it is a good idea to evolve this artifact and don't find
> anything in the fedora guidelines objectionable, I would be happy to
> port it for Gluster :).
> 
> Thanks,
> Vijay
> 
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
> _______________________________________________
> Gluster-users mailing list
> Gluster-users at gluster.org
> http://www.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
>

On 04/17/2015 11:56 AM, Vijay Bellur wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Since the volume of posts on our mailing lists seems to be steadily 
> increasing, I wonder if we should evolve guidelines for posting in the 
> lists along the lines of the Fedora one [1]. It could be useful for 
> new entrants in the community to understand our mailing list etiquette.
>
> If we think it is a good idea to evolve this artifact and don't find 
> anything in the fedora guidelines objectionable, I would be happy to 
> port it for Gluster :).
>
> Thanks,
> Vijay
>
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
+1. Specially I agree with Fedora guideline about "Top posting ". It
is
really inconvenient to go through a long mail thread when people do "Top 
posting" [2].

Fedora mailing list guidelines has link to following pdf [1]. It 
actually covers most of the things in a precise way. Just putting it 
here in case you missed it in the original wiki page.

[1] 
http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/presentations/mailing-list-etiquette.pdf
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting

Thanks,
Lala

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Vijay Bellur <vbellur at redhat.com>
wrote:
> I wonder if we should evolve guidelines for posting in the lists along the
> lines of the Fedora one [1]. It could be useful for new entrants in the
> community to understand our mailing list etiquette.
It would be good to have a set of guidelines which enable the new
participants find their way around the community and learn about
interactions.


-- 
sankarshan mukhopadhyay
<https://about.me/sankarshan.mukhopadhyay>