[Mageia-discuss] Mageia Forums

Wed Sep 22 04:46:13 CEST 2010

> I realise that what i described might not be the case in every FOSS
+> project or not in even in the majority, but it isn't just wishful
+> thinking, I know it is reality in some projects (even large projects).
+>
+> For example in the XBMC project (which is very large too), several
+> devs partecipate occasionally in end-user threads on the XBMC forum and
+> the interaction works very well as the devs are marked as such on the
+> forum so the interaction is normally very respectful.
+> This benefits boths sides as the devs stay in touch with what the users
+> think about new features or issues and the users benefit from an insight
+> into the thinking that lead to specific design choices.
+>
+> I think the reason this works well on the XBMC project is because the
+> devs themselves use a section of the forum to communicate among
+> themselves (rather than a ML) and therefore since they are on the forum
+> anyway, it's not a big effort for them to have a look at the active
+> end-user threads, too.
+>
+> While I'm in no position to influence this, I believe that Mageia
+> and it's community would greatly benefit if the Mageia devs would use a
+> reserved section of the Mageia forum (a subforum where only devs can
+> post) for cooker discussions rather than a mailing-list, since it would
+> bring devs and users closer to each other and facilitate interaction.
+
+If you are talking about transparency with group discussions, ideally, 
+this would be something that would happen in any group. However, I think 
+that we are also realistic in knowing that there are some occasions when 
+private group discussions are best for the sake of production.
+
+Common sense should prevail and avoiding any situation where there is a 
+smacking of elitism or group discussion behind closed doors should be 
+avoided.
+
+Optimistically, it looks like we are all here to work in a cooperative 
+environment. We just need to keep working at this and remind ourselves 
+often of our community commitments.
+
+Marc
+
+