Bazaar-NG traffic #2

[Martin Pool]

On 12/10/05, James Blackwell <jblack at merconline.com> wrote:

> Hmm. I was planning on sticking with American english rules for writing
> (Full name for first reference, last name for all following references).
>
> I'll be happy to make an exception for you, but now that we've opened the
> question, does anybody else have an opinion?

I don't really mind. It does make it sound more formal, which is
really just a matter of taste.  It reads a bit like a english
schoolboy novel.

> > We can't get rid of them because we have no choice in whether they
> > happen; we just decided to suppress the message.
>
> I'll be happy to drop a note in on this. Is it inaccurate for the Sept
> 27-Oct 4 mailing timeframe?

Depending on timezone it was on the 5th or 4th of October.

> > This missed the cut for 0.1 but we'll put it back shortly.
>
> I hear you. My main intent of the traffic list is to provide a
> summarization of what items were discussed on the mailing list on a nearly
> weekly basis.
>
> I'm getting the feeling that you're hoping tha we can do a little bit more
> than this; perhaps an announcements section of some sorts...

I guess it depends on whether you see the thing as a summary of the
list for that period, or as a summary of the project (based mainly on
the list).  I think the second is more useful, and so you should feel
free to include things that weren't strictly on the list in that
period.

> I'll change this. What do you think about my policy in general of sticking
> with the thread names when reasonably possible?

For the same reason I think you can diverge from list thread subjects,
which are not always accurate.

--
Martin