[Search-l] Communication

[John McCormac]

Rainer Blome wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Several users have expressed frustration concerning a perceived lack of 
> attention and activity from the project members.  I feel the same, but 
> have so far managed to keep my emotions in check, mostly.  We hope that 
> there are things going on behind the scenes.  In the interest of 
> transparency and community, the project should be more communicative.

Some kind of regular statement on progress and what work is ongoing 
would be good.

> The mailing lists are special. Compared to wiki discussion, they are not 
> easier to read, and harder to discuss on.  In the wiki, discussion 
> results are much easier to harvest (all on one page).

Well mailing lists make it far easier to follow a discussion in an 
almost linear manner.

> Ordinary wiki users are often not mailing list users.  They expect at 
> first that project members read and reply to forum posts.  This is 
> usually not the case, contrary to the custom for many (I'd say most) 
> projects with web-based forums.

So what's the split between those who develop the system and ordinary 
wiki users?

Regards...jmcc
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