Open Stack

Excerpts from Adam Spiers's message of 2017-07-26 18:45:22 +0100:
> Doug Hellmann <doug at doughellmann.com> wrote:
> >Now that most of the documentation content has moved into the repos
> >managed by project teams, coordinating closely with them is going
> >to be even more important than it has been in the past. One way to
> >make that easier would be to merge this list into the openstack-dev
> >list, where most of our other contributors are already subscribed,
> >to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to see docs-related
> >discussions (not that subscribing to this list is exclusive, but I
> >doubt most contributors are here, and I can imagine that some have
> >input into the "strategic direction" thread [1]).
> >
> >I realize that means that many folks who are primarily on this list
> >will potentially end up dealing with a lot more incoming mail, but
> >if we are consistent with the use of a [docs] subject tag it is
> >possible to limit your subscriptions to only messages using that
> >tag and not have the volume grow to an unmanageable level.
> >
> >What do folks think of this idea? How many of you are already
> >subscribed to openstack-dev?
> 
> I'm subscribed to both, and that sounds like a good idea to me, since
> it would presumably encourage more people to contribute to docs in
> general.
> 
> But as a very occasional docs contributor[1] my opinion should be
> worth not more than $0.02 :-)
> 
> One caveat is that no matter how clearly the convention is set, I
> anticipate usage of both [docs] and [doc] subject tags, which might
> cause a bit of confusion ...
> 
> [1] Hopefully that will change, of course!
> 

Yes, that's a good point. We could set up both topic tags and encourage
folks who only want to subscribe to a tag to use both of them.

Doug