Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> The thing is, Subversion has grown so exponentially popular in the  
> last year or two, that it's become hard to keep track of how users  
> are using it.  In the early days, this list was all about developers  
> getting feedback from (and helping) early adopters.  Today it's  
> almost entirely users helping other users... which is a great thing!   
> But the traffic is so high, most of the developers don't read it  
> anymore.  A few of us are still trying, though, because we don't want  
> to lose track of the user base.  It's really useful to know what sort  
> of bugs are the most troublesome, which concepts are hardest to  
> learn, what users are asking for.  Developers shouldn't be improving  
> the product in a vacuum.  :-)
>
though personally I think mailing lists are archaic and wish everyone 
would just use IRC or a message board ;)
And yes, sussman is all over IRC, too.
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Received on Thu Sep  8 01:57:38 2005