[Development] ML for QtWebEngine

[Matt Broadstone]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Zeno Albisser <Zeno.Albisser at digia.com>wrote:

> Once again from the correct address.
>
> On Oct 15, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Matt Broadstone <mbroadst at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Not that I am really interested in debating such a decision, but I'm not
> quite sure I see the noise you guys are referring to. I've been signed up
> to the webkit-qt ML for some time and it's basically just a spam service
> for status meeting bot messages (which at this point conveys very little
> information). Is there a secret place where a bunch of emails regarding qt
> webkit and webegine are ending up? Barring the existence of that, why not
> just keep the discussions on this list and keep the whole community
> involved until such a day arises that it really does become too much to
> handle here? I, for one, support a path forward where I don't have to sign
> up for another ML, and make yet another filter for my inbox ;)
>
>>
>>
> You might understand, that many people feel quite reluctant to send an
> email to a list that goes to hundreds of people instead of the relatively
> small amount of people that actually has a real interest in the project.
> The threshold for asking a question or sharing some feedback is higher.
>

Sure, but that's just how open source works, right? I think we foster a
pretty good vibe on these MLs, people shouldn't be afraid to ask here.


> So instead of sending a mail, a lot of these discussions are currently
> just happening in our irc channel where people cannot easily read up on a
> discussion at all. - I don't think that's something you would be arguing
> for in favor.
>
You used to be in #qtwebengine yourself as well some time ago. That is the
> "secret place" where the information is currently going.
>

 I don't think people are asking questions on irc because they are afraid
of the big bad qt mailing list, I think it's because they can get your
attention more immediately and discuss issues in real time.

Also, if you consider the current webkit-qt ML spam, then you would
> probably not want that on the dev ML either.
>
>
Well yes, if what you are proposing is that you are going to have a weekly
status bot then certainly I don't think that belongs on this list. I
consider the webkit-qt ML spam because it isn't actually being used at all
(maybe realistically <= 10 emails a month from an actual user, not the
status bot, and that's generous). What I'm really getting at is that I
think we're kidding ourselves if we think that a webkit binding in whatever
incarnation isn't a core offering of Qt, and that such discussions (until
it actually does overwhelm the list) should remain as accessible as
possible.

But it does not make sense to reason about traffic on qtwebkit. These are
> separate projects and we do obviously not discuss qtwebengine on the
> qtwebkit mailing list. Because there you would not expect it for sure.
>
> - Zeno
>
>
Matt
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