ImageJ mailing lists

[ctrueden]

Hi everyone,

Some people have proposed creation of a separate "ImageJ developers" list,
while others have argued to keep one unified list.

To summarize the current situation, the following ImageJ-related mailing
lists exist now:

* ImageJ – http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/list.html – For general user and
developer discussion about ImageJ

* ImageJX – http://groups.google.com/group/imagejx – For highly technical
and "big picture" developer discussion about ImageJ future directions

* ImageJDev – http://imagejdev.org/mailman/listinfo/imagej-devel – For
communication and coordination of the ImageJDev project

* Fiji users – http://groups.google.com/group/fiji-users – For Fiji user
discussion

* Fiji developers – http://groups.google.com/group/fiji-devel – For Fiji
developer discussion

I have posted a similar summary on imagejdev.org at:
http://imagejdev.org/lists

It seems reasonable to use the main ImageJ list for discussion of the
current ImageJ including developer issues, use ImageJX to flesh out broad
future development ideas, use ImageJDev to actually coordinate effort and
assign tasks to the development team, and use the Fiji lists for discussion
specific to the Fiji project (rather than core ImageJ).

Is everyone satisfied with the lists above, and those usage guidelines? Or
do people want a different list organization?

-Curtis

[was: ImageJ developemt mailing list]
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 5:27 AM, John Kershaw <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Just my two cents: As a user who dabbles in writing simple plugins I like
> having the discussion of both user questions and developer questions in one
> spot. This has worked well for keeping me aware of development issues and
> learning a bit about the workings of ImageJ and has helped in improving my
> simple plugins. This set up works for other open-source packages such as R.
> I would join a developers group as well, but am afraid there would be
> copious quantities of cross-postings. The beauty of open-source has always
> been having developers and users in close contact. Simply delete unwanted
> postings - I do it all the time, whether it is a developer post or a user
> post - not all posts are going to apply to everyone.
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Raymond Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Even though the "list" page of ImageJ shows: "The ImageJ mailing list is
> a
> > discussion group for ImageJ users and developers." a number of users have
> > made it apparent that they are intolerant of software development
> > discussions.
> >
> > Perhaps a separate list would be in the best interest of all concerned.
>