On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Saswata Banerjee & Associates scrapo@saswatabanerjee.com wrote:
http://lists.cis-india.org/mailman/listinfo/gnukhata-users
LUG-Bom != GnuKhata Mailing list
Very interesting Siddhesh, Here we have a mailing list that is dedicated to Linux, (GNU/Linux) and Open Source and that has been crying about the need for an accounting software designed to make linux more acceptable to the general users. And when a person on this list is offering to do something to further the same, you ask him to go to the software's own mailing list. So what is the use of this list ? Then when rony has a problem next time with a proxy software, you will tell him to go and sign up for that software's mailing list and dont bother people here ?
You're confusing two very different things here. When someone asks for troubleshooting help on list, it does not require intervention from the developers to be able to solve the problem. The question is not pointed at the developers. In that sense, the problem is likely to be interesting/relevant to a wide audience like a Linux user group.
The topic of the original post is not directly relevant to anyone other than the developers themselves and is directed only at the developers. The email would still have been relevant if the OP did not call out the developers to contact him and instead just left it as an announcement saying that we actually have someone relevant testing GNUKhata. In fact, the ideal sequence of events would be this:
1) OP posts on gnukhata-users making this offer 2) Offer is discussed on the list (or whatever way the devs prefer) and details are ironed out 3) A GNUKhata dev announces on this list that they have such an offer
See how the right content flows on to the right list? Imagine how easy it would be to search like this on google:
foobar site:http://lists.cis-india.org/pipermail/gnukhata-users/
It is simply nonsense to discuss development of apps on anything other than the development list of that app. That is the same reason why the linux newsgroup was separated from comp.os.minix. It pollutes content for both projects.
Since GNUKhata has been repeatedly discussed in this forum, and since the lead developer is here on this liust, i see no reason why Suchit can not or should not post here his intention to help, either by himself or through someone else. He has not said he will post the feedback here to this list.
Again, I don't see any reason why GNUKhata _development_ related stuff should be discussed on this list. No, it is not that I'm not interested in how it turns out; it is just not the right place. Many people (like me) have filters in place which categorize emails based on the source mailing list and this just screws things up for us. Announcements of releases, wins, etc. are most welcome because the intention in that case is promotion of their software, which is one of the uses that I see for a LUG mailing list.
I think its time to stop flaming people for the sake of flaming people. If you cant help, at least keep quiet.
This was not meant to be a flame either. I did not indulge in any namecalling or ranting. I simply pointed to the right place for this email. If you're interested in following GNUKhata development, you really should be signing up to their mailing list. I'm sure they'll like that too since they'll have a clearer idea of who their users are and will also be encouraged by the numbers.
And get a life.
I do, which is why it took me a while to respond :)
Siddhesh
PS: I follow the gnukhata-users as well as the gnukhata-devel lists, not because I am an accountant or a regular GNUKhata hacker. It is because I'm interested in knowing how it turns out. But even if I wasn't, my opinion on this whole thing would not be very different.