Re: [dev] new mailinglist [news] and hackers repurpose

From: Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:28:57 +0200

Greetings.

On Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:28:57 +0200 Ross Mohn <rpmohn_AT_waxandwane.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 06:22:00PM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> > Greetings comrades.
> >
> > We (the suckless admins) decided about some additional bureaucracy to
> > make the suckless development more followable:
> >
> > 1.) There is now a news_AT_ mailinglist for package maintainers who don’t
> > want to follow the discussions on dev_AT_. All new releases should be an‐
> > nounced there and on dev_AT_.
> >
> > 2.) The purpose of hackers_AT_ has been redefined that new patches for
> > projects have to be sent and discussed there.
> >
> > These changes will keep the development out of the endless support
> > threads on dev_AT_ and development more enjoyable.
>
> So you want dev_AT_ to be for Support, not Development? Why not just make a
> support_AT_ mailgroup instead? I've avoided subscribing to hackers@ because
> I'm not interested in Every Commit, just Development discussions. Sigh.

In the suckless world there are no users, just developers. People com‐
mitting code are hackers, they do the work. Support should be like char‐
ity of the christian church: We only do it to convert people. After that
it’s hard rape.


Sincerely,

Christoph Lohmann
Received on Fri Jun 05 2015 - 20:28:57 CEST