On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:55 AM, Phrogz wrote: > My experience with the new RCR system hasn't been very negative, but > it hasn't been great. I agree that the new system hasn't won me over yet and I think you do a great job of analyzing the reasons. > I'm not sure what the root cause of these symptoms is. Did the reset > disenchant a bunch of people? I can't speak for everyone, but it did for me a little, yes. After literally years of silent observation I finally got up the courage to make one. I followed the process as best I knew how: held the discussion on Ruby Core, etc. My proposal got 14 "In favor" votes and 4 "Strongly advocate" votes. Sadly, I think the site was already dead by then and it just didn't seem to matter. > Did the switch to mailing-list subscription discussions raise the > entry barrier too high? This does concern me too. I'll confess that I'm not auto-subscribed to all the lists as they are made. That felt like it could get overwhelming fast and I chickened out. (Looking back now though, the traffic has been fine, so far.) Like most Prag fans I've been dipping into Erlang a little lately. One thing I noticed about their world was that they have one mailing list that was just for discussing proposals to change the language. I thought that was neat idea when I saw it. For some reason it feels less overwhelming to me. James Edward Gray II