OpenJDK Governing Board Minutes: 20011/4/21

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 5 May 2011 22:16,  <hwadechandler-openjdk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----
>
>> From: Mario Torre <neugens at limasoftware.net>
>> To: Simon Phipps <simon at webmink.com>
>> Cc: discuss at openjdk.java.net; gb-discuss at openjdk.java.net
>> Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 1:26:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: OpenJDK Governing Board Minutes: 20011/4/21
>>
>> > Given we are discussing  governance I suggest we drop discuss@ instead. My
>>comments only appear there,  for example.
>> >
>> > S.
>>
>> No please, this is an important topic,  valid for discuss, not just
>> specific to gb (besides, I don't want to  subscribe to the new mailing
>> list in the middle of a thread  :).
>
> I think a whole new list for a governance board is silly anyways. Too  many
> mailing list are just an annoyance. The governance board of  NetBeans uses the
> nbdiscuss list which is the NetBeans Discuss list and  that works out well. No
> separate list needed. Then everything discussing  the project is done in one
> simple place.
>
> Nothing the governance board is going to discuss is not going to be about
> discussing the project. Thus, I don't understand the need for such a list.
> Again, just annoying.
>
> Wade
>
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> Wade Chandler
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>

I completely agree.  There are way too many lists and the only benefit
of this list is it allows Oracle to hide material they don't want
everyone to see.
-- 
Andrew :-)

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