Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [PHP-CVS] cvs: php4 /ext/ircg README.txt From: Jani Taskinen (sniper <email protected>)
Date: 08/20/01

I couldn't find email archives for that IRCG mailing list,
(which subscribe info / mailing address you might wanna mention in that
README.txt file too), so I don't know how much of this 'knowledge' is
really shared on it. I found only couple emails on php-general..
to which you haven't ever replied.

Also, adding remarks like this isn't giving very positive
'feeling' about you or your software. I wouldn't use anything
that basicly says "Don't ask me if this shit doesn't work
ask the other dumbasses who try to use it."

I tend to point people to ask support questions on the
mailing lists too, just because of those two points you gave.
So you're absolutely right on that. But I also answer to most
of the support questions send to me privately. It would be
really rude not to.

btw. Don't you think this extension would have better home
in PEAR? Or distributed with the IRCG itself? Like you
have written in that README.txt:

"IRCG WILL NOT WORK WITH APACHE OR ANY OTHER WEB-SERVERS
OTHER THAN THOSE DESCRIBED BELOW."

That makes it pretty special extension and that's why
it does not need to be distributed with the base PHP distro.

--Jani

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Sascha Schumann wrote:

>On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Jani Taskinen wrote:
>
>>
>> Why are you not willing to give support to something
>> YOU have created ??? This is ridiculous.
>
> Jani, may I bring the following points to your careful
> consideration.
>
> 1. Directing questions to a mailing list increases the size
> of the audience for a specific issue, which usually results
> in improved response times. A user who had similar
> experience might be able to help out the questioner. That
> happens frequently and is the base for huge mailing lists
> such as php-general.
>
> 2. Knowledge is automatically shared. Storing the contents
> of those mailing lists will enable users to retrieve specific
> pieces of information instantly.
>
> These are the primary reasons why I direct questions to
> mailing lists. It improves the overall user experience.
>
> - Sascha Experience IRCG
> http://schumann.cx/ http://schumann.cx/ircg
>
>
> 

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