On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 8:48 AM, ed c <terrapin44@yahoo.com> wrote:
--- On Mon, 7/21/08, Nicole Engard <nicole.engard@liblime.com> wrote:
Henri (list moderator for koha-dev) can possibly clarify, but the developer list pretty clearly says it's for developers. If we wanted to do anything there, it could be to moderate who joins the developer
From: Nicole Engard <nicole.engard@liblime.com> Subject: Re: [Koha] Purpose of this list? - Adding more lists? To: "Rachel Hamilton-Williams" <rachel@katipo.co.nz> Cc: Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 7:40 AM list.
I would think we wouldn't want to moderate who joins lists - just because the nature of open source is that anyone can become a developer and having membership moderated seems sort of closed off.
I agree. I think the developers on the list could self moderate and if people start asking questions more appropriate for another list, send them in that direction. Edward
I don't think we've necessarily had a problem of the developer's list not moderating, more that there was some concern that the Koha User's list has a mix of both Usage and 'How do I Install Koha' type questions that get pretty technical. The fear I've heard expressed is that librarians who would normally feel comfortable posting questions about Usage are scarred off by all of the system-level technical talk relating to 'how do I install Koha'. I can't verify this personally ... I've never had anyone tell me that specifically, but it does have the ring of truth :-) So I see two options: 1. create another list (we have far more than two already folks) specifically for Usage, or specifically for 'How do I Install Koha' 2. do a better job of moderating the Koha user's list (this one) to help it focus on less technical, more Usage questions. I personally favor #2. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE CEO migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf@liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS