[jbpm-dev] jbpm-users list? (questions being asked on rules-users/jbpm-dev)

[Tihomir Surdilovic]

On 8/31/11 4:13 AM, Marco Rietveld wrote:
> Thanks Tiho,
>
> This is what I was looking for -- and it makes sense.
>
> I guess it frustrates me to know that questions are being posted to 
> the drools-* mailing lists. I subscribe to both but definitely don't 
> read much of either -- part of the reason I subscribe is just to keep 
> a lookout for jbpm questions. Having to search through those lists for 
> questions (and knowing that answers will be archived on the drools-* 
> mailing list) is irritating.. :)
>
> Is there a standard answer that we give to drools-* mailing list 
> questions, wrt to where they /should/ post questions?
IMO this is actually a good thing as we can leverage on a very strong 
Drools community that we are all part of. We should not try to isolate 
jBPM in any way from it...it's all one big happy family anyways :)
>
>
> I totally agree that we don't have the resources/people power to 
> answer all sorts of channels -- it's impressive enough as it is that 
> we are able to answer lots of questions (from my perspective!).
>
> Thanks,
> Marco
>
> 08/31/2011 06:32 AM, Tihomir Surdilovic:
>> My opinion is that yet-another-channel of communication is not needed at
>> this point.
>> We currently monitor for jBPM questions:
>> 1) Drools dev mailing list
>> 2) Drool users mailing list
>> 3) DroolsjBPM blog (questions after submitting a post)
>> 4) jBPM Forum (which has also a developer section)
>> 5) IRC #jbpm, #drools, #drools-dev
>> 6) Email
>>
>> We should decide on one thing before making a move: what is it that our
>> users want to use, the forum or the mailing list?
>> If we can get a question on that, then we would be much better off. If
>> the majority chooses the forum, we quiet down the mailing list, if they
>> choose the mailing lists,
>> then just stop answering in the forum (which is AFAIK pretty much what
>> Drools did and it forced users to use the mailing lists over
>> time..correct me if I'm wrong).
>>
>> We simply do not have the people power IMO now to be all over the place.
>>
>> On 8/30/11 6:28 PM, Mauricio Salatino wrote:
>>> I agree with that.
>>> The main problem is that the jBPM community was born in the forums..
>>> and there is a lot of people that knows how to use it.
>>> We can always try to do something and advertise everywhere.
>>>
>>> my two cents..
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Marco Rietveld<mrietvel at redhat.com>   wrote:
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else think that it would be worth it to setup a jbpm-users list?
>>>> (I meant to bring this up at the meeting this past Monday, but forgot).
>>>>
>>>> I don't think it would be used that often, but it would be nice to have
>>>> in order to direct people to -- especially those who primarily use
>>>> e-mail to ask questions and end up asking them on.
>>>> - rules-users
>>>> - jbpm-dev (see recent post)
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure it would be pretty easy to set up -- I was curious if
>>>> there were others who also thought it was a good idea.
>>>> I guess if I get.. 2 yes's (and no no's/vetoes), I'll go ahead and set
>>>> it up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Marco
>>>>
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