From: Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Date: 02/22/2000 07:19:07
OK, here's my opinion, not SGI policy, since we seem to have a useful
discussion going I'll have my say;
info-performer should be the one list which deals with Performer because
many of the issues across operating systems are similar and most of the
questions relate to the API, newbies on Linux will want this audience's
experience in programming Performer. That is what info-performer is all
about IMHO, and the cross germination between IRIX & Linux on less
directly related topics will be useful.
SGI should not be maintaining a list dedicated to support for or
comparative performance of PC cards and other systems on whatever
operating system. You need independence for such a list and should look
elsewhere, no need for an info-performer schism over this, it's just off
topic for this list. I can appreciate the attractiveness of this list
for such inquiries because of the high quality of the audience but it's
taking a liberty with a community which on the whole would rather stay
focused on the original subject of the list, and as the list owner SGI
I'm sure would hold this view. Lists also take time and resources and
I'd rather SGI spent it's time & resources directly serving it's
customers.
The mongoose feedback list should eventually go away as that product
matures and we expect less feedback traffic on bugs, RFE's & other
comments specific to the performer porting and release process on Linux.
It was instituted to reduce the inevitable Linux background cacophony on
a new product, and I think was intended to be a temporary affair from
the outset.
Cheers,ANgus.
Jorge Valencia Loera wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What do you think of this pf's?:
>
> Let's change mongoose-feedback++at++corp.sgi.com (or create another mailing-list
> -> info-mongoose++at++sgi.com or whatever) that will work as the performer
> mailing list (or any mailing list) but that will be ONLY for performer on
> Linux questions so that everybody on the info-performer++at++sgi.com will receive
> ONLY pure performer questions and the ones interested in the Linux version
> will have to subscribe to the new list.
>
> Of course we're still going to receive mongoose questions on this mailing
> list but we will have to ignore them and they will eventually stop
> appearing. Think about it, mongoose questions keep appearing here because 1.
> we keep answering them, 2. they're not answered on
> mongoose-feedback++at++corp.sgi.com (don't misunderstand this, SGI guys are doing
> a great job, no doubt about this).
>
> The idea is to be aware of other people's problems (and solutions) to know
> if we're facing a bug or if we're just doing something wrong...
>
> As Angus said we're free to create our own list but that's not the point, we
> need the Performer team's expertise (it's the true value of this mailing
> list isn't it?)
>
> So what do you think about it at SGI? it`s a little bit of extra work for
> you guys but it can keep everybody happy and the most important: we'll have
> a place for asking questions and having them answered.
>
> Thank you for your great support.
>
> Please send your comments and criticisms here : jorgev++at++cae.ca
>
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