[asterisk-dev] [policy] Discussion on IRC - how to make -dev more useful

[Matthew Fredrickson]

Russell Bryant wrote:
> Tilghman Lesher wrote:
>> On Wednesday 04 June 2008 09:53:36 Matthew Fredrickson wrote:
>>> Not to be Mr. Negativity here, but I concur as well.  Asterisk-dev is
>>> not a high traffic list at all (LKML is a great example of a high
>>> traffic list), and any solution that puts the load on the posters is
>>> going to have major trouble gaining traction.
>> People who don't want to call extra attention to their proposals are free
>> to ignore it.  Those of us who _want_ to draw attention and discussion from
>> the list will use the tags.  Quite simple, really.  I think I've already used
>> the [policy] tag once before, and it's nice to have a formal proposal, so that
>> we all know what the various tags mean.
> 
> I agree with Tilghman.
> 
> I don't think these tags should be a requirement, but I think they are a 
> welcome addition to common practice for this list.  If a poster doesn't 
> want to use them, fine, it doesn't really matter.  However, having more 
> clearly defined subjects certainly isn't going to hurt anything.

As long as we don't set a policy that makes communication more 
difficult, I have no problems with it.  So as long as it is not a 
requirement, that sounds pretty reasonable.

-- 
Matthew Fredrickson
Software/Firmware Engineer
Digium, Inc.