Regarding the quality of this mailing list

[Kenny Smith]

OK

So there has been a lot of chatter on this list regarding bad attitudes, 
Banning certain members, complaints about how the list is going, etc.

I was reading the KDE quality wiki and quality.kde.org to look for a solid 
definable goal of what this list intends to accomplish, but did not find one.  
From what I gather, the quality team is there to fill in the various 
uncrossed t's or dotting the...lower case j's... And to give a more, complete 
overall feel to the product of the KDE desktop, please correct me if I am 
wrong.

The various wiki modules do a good job providing the status of tasks for 
contributors to jump on-board with... which I think is awesome in it's 
current states -- and fits into what I could ascertain from the project's 
goals.

But what is this list for, exactly?  From what I gather (once again, no 
obvious guideline or definition here -- and corrections please), 
This list is for announcements of new tasks / projects / completion of tasks, 
for seeking help when you are unable to complete a task, and coordinating any 
group effort.  Basically this is a KDE developer's list.

What I'm proposing is we have certain GUIDELINES on what should be posted into 
this list, so it won't turn into just meaningless chatter, and actually 
provide a place where helpful information can be gathered for these 
developers.  I really don't think this list should be dealing with user's 
problems of compiling from CVS / unstable.  AS i have said previously, this 
might be better off in the KDE forum (easier to access and search IMO).

I really think the Quality team has a good chance at making KDE a complete 
product -- and from what I've seen the  Quality team has accomplishments -- 
re-organization, and maybe more guidance and leadership is in order (IMHO)

So, any opposition?  Suggestions? Comments? Agreeance?

Also -- is this list FOR helping users/developers compile from CVS?  I 
honestly have no way of telling.  If this list is meant for this sort of 
thing, then maybe some cahgnes are to be had?

--
Kenny Smith 
--//standsolid//--