[kaffe] Re: RFC: New kaffe mailing lists

[Tony Wyatt]

Hi Dalibor,

On 24-Apr-03, you wrote:

> Ryouzaburou Suzuki, the developer who ported kaffe to eCos, proposed to
> split the kaffe mailing list into a user and a developer mailing list. The
> traffic has increased quite a bit in the last year, so in order to cope
> with all the mails more effectively, it may be helpful to split the
> discussions.
> 
Agreed. I for one am more interested in developing for new platforms, and I have
little to offer users.

> Ryouzaburou also proposed to create a kaffe mailing list in Japanese.
> Kaffe has many Japanese-speaking users (and developers), so it may be nice
> to have a forum where they can share their knowledge without having to go
> through a foreign language first.
> 
Although I can sympathise with those for whom English is not their mother
tongue, that means that someone has to provide an interface between the two
languages. Clearly that will have to be a senior person, who is already well
loaded with work. That person is going to be busy. Does (s)he understand
what (s)he is letting (her)himself in for?

tony