I might be wrong on this, but from my view is the list primary intended for core development. Secondly for generic topics through the entire Drupal module universe and heavy modules (think CCK, category or views). Thirdly comes the rest, which I would personally like to see more of in the future. Another way to choose appropriate list is to ask yourself the following questions: 1) Is it drupal.org-related? 1a) Is it the documentation? documentation@drupal.org 1b) Otherwise it's probably webmasters@drupal.org or infrastructure@drupal.org 2) DrupalCon? drupal-con@drupal.org 3) Does it involve dealing with clients or business in general? consulting@drupal.org 4) Is your topic about theming? themes@drupal.org 5) Is it about how to customize your site? support@drupal.org 6) Will it result in code? Will someone else find that code useful? development@drupal.org 7) Will it lead to discussion or an announcement touching Drupal core? development@drupal.org 8) support@drupal.org Once again, I'm likely to be wrong on this. <http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=Brj1U33nPRbzuIpeaiQSWkdTUB-T4tguwi7GJA8CNtwHg1AMQAxgDIIaPgAIoBDAAOABQ0aXrmgdg8a38haQfmAHD1YICoAGy3bn-A6oB5AFBY2NvdW50QWdlMTIwdG9JbmZpbml0eStFbnRpcmVBZENsaWNrYWJsZUNvbnRyb2wrRmlyc3RNZXNzYWdlVHlwZVRleHQrTG9jYWxlX2VuK05hbWVEZXRlY3Rpb25WZXJ0aWNhbFdvcmQrTnVtTWVzc2FnZXMxK1JhZGxpbmtzUmhzUGFnZUJlbG93K1NlbmRlckRvbWFpbl91bmNhdGVnb3JpemVkK1N3aXRjaEJvdHRvbUFkc0NvbnRyb2wrVGllcjArVXNlTmVnYXRpdmVSZXJvdXRpbmdUcnVlK1ZpZXdfQ1ayAQlnbWFpbC5jb23IAQHaATBodHRwOi8vZ21haWwuY29tL3NvdHF6YWFpbzZ2bzBoYXV5NGIyMTd1aWg0ZzhiZ3SAAgGoAwE&num=3&adurl=http://good-child-guide.com/link.php%3Fpage%3Dgcd.php%26track%3Dgcd> On 2/11/07, Tao Starbow <starbow@citris-uc.org> wrote:
I have been reading this dev list for 18 months now, and I am still not 100% sure what questions will get you slapped down. I particularly wonder about questions like Carl Mc Dade just asked - ei: I am writing code that interacts with the core modules and found an unexpected behavior - is it a bug or intentional? I have interacted with other open source projects in the past where they got very upset if I filed an issue in ignorance, so I like to research before I file. Is this list an appropriate place for that research, or is this list intended to be only for developers working on the core?
thanks, -tao
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