[pmwiki-users] Announcing the pmwiki-devel mailing list

[marc]

Patrick R. Michaud said...
> As recently discussed on the pmwiki-users mailing list, I've now
> created a new "pmwiki-devel" mailing list for advanced discussions
> of PmWiki internals and recipe authoring.  One can subscribe to
> the list via
> 
>     http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-devel 
> 
> The primary purpose of the pmwiki-devel list is to have a place
> where people can discuss some of the more "gory" and programming-
> specific details of PmWiki and various recipes.  This should help
> to reduce some of the traffic on pmwiki-users, and avoid making
> the pmwiki-users list seem as though one has to be a PHP expert
> to participate in the PmWiki community.
> 
> I highly recommend subscribing to both pmwiki-users and pmwiki-devel.
> Many long-time PmWiki participants will tell you that even briefly
> browsing through the "advanced" discussions can be very illuminating
> and useful, even if one doesn't understand all of the details or
> implications of what is being said.
> 
> Undoubtedly people will wonder "Should my post go to
> pmwiki-users or to pmwiki-devel?"  Here are some guidelines:
> 
>   - If the message is primarily about PHP, programming, or
>     detailed PmWiki/recipe internals, pmwiki-devel is probably
>     the better choice.
> 
>   - It's always okay to send a message at any level to pmwiki-users, 
>     so when in doubt, send the message to pmwiki-users.
> 
>   - Don't cross-post a message to both lists... pick one or the other.
>     (Most people who are likely to respond will be on both lists anyway.)
> 
> Again, the point of having two lists is not to partition our 
> discussions, but simply to allow better targeting of messages
> and audiences (and the boundaries may be fuzzy as needed).
> 
> Questions and comments welcomed as always.

Have you mentioned this to those good folk at gmane?

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Best,
Marc