[Qt-interest] [OT] Request to stick to the netiquette

[Scott Aron Bloom]

> > 1) The quality of questions has gone down.  There seems to be an
> > abundance of ask first, try to do it yourself second questions, and it
> > seems to be getting worse.
> 
> I've noticed that with people that seem to be newbies in programming
> in general. I think perhaps it comes from a fear of experimentation -
> in case something breaks. I remember a long time ago when I was afraid
> to subclass from framework-provided classes, thinking something would
> break.

Yes.. and when you try to explain, that this is not a programming list, or a C++ list but a QT list.. you get called heartless (I think that’s what I got called ;) ) and are told you would be a better person... :)

> 
> Almost as if some people are asking for permission on-list to try
> things out, and to see if it's safe for them to try.
> 
> > 2) The question seems to get asked by 3-4 people within a week.  Almost
> > like the same group of people are working on the same project and are
> > all stuck...
> 
> Yes, noticed this. Perhaps these people should use an internal mailing
> list in the company and then only send emails to qt-interest if they
> get badly stuck?
> 
> > 3) Everyone thinks their issue is the highest priority for everyone
> 
> Hasn't this always been a problem on all mailing lists? ;)

Yes... But lately it seems to be getting worse here.

> 
> > 4) My email is still in the "from" on the email... so people can reply
> > to me :(
> 
> I've been following the Linux kernel mailing list conventions, of
> replying *to* the person I'm replying to, and CCing the list so others
> can find my response useful.
> 
> I know I've been shouted at in some other list for doing so, so I've
> been rigorously following that list's nettiquete for those posts.
> 
> What's qt-interest's position on this? Always obliterate CC and TO
> fields, and just use qt-interest in the TO field?
> 
That’s what I try to remember to do...

Scott