2008-01-11 17:40:43 +08:00
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Mailinglist Rules
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This is the first file you should be reading before doing any posts on PHP
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2008-01-11 18:49:15 +08:00
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mailinglists. Following these rules is considered imperative to the success of
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the PHP project. Therefore expect your contributions to be of much less positive
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impact if you do not follow these rules. More importantly you can actually
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assume that not following these rules will hurt the PHP project.
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2008-01-11 17:40:43 +08:00
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PHP is developed through the efforts of a large number of people.
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Collaboration is a Good Thing(tm), and mailinglists lets us do this. Thus,
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following some basic rules with regards to mailinglist usage will:
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a. Make everybody happier, especially those responsible for developing PHP
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itself.
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b. Help in making sure we all use our time more efficiently.
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c. Prevent you from making a fool of yourself in public.
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d. Increase the general level of good will on planet Earth.
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Having said that, here are the organizational rules:
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1. Respect other people working on the project.
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2. Do not post when you are angry. Any post can wait a few hours. Review
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your post after a good breather or a good nights sleep.
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3. Make sure you pick the right mailinglist for your posting. Please review
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the descriptions on the mailinglist overview page
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(http://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php). When in doubt ask a friend or
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someone you trust on IRC.
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4. Make sure you know what you are talking about. PHP is a very large project
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that strives to be very open. The flip side is that the core developers
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are faced with a lot of requests. Make sure that you have done your
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research before posting to the entire developer community.
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5. Patches have a much greater chance of acceptance than just asking the
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PHP developers to implement a feature for you. For one it makes the
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discussion more concrete and it shows that the poster put thought and time
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into the request.
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6. If you are posting to an existing thread, make sure that you know what
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previous posters have said. This is even more important the longer the
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thread is already.
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2008-01-11 22:02:12 +08:00
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7. Please configure your email client to use a real name and keep message
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signatures to a maximum of 2 lines if at all necessary.
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2008-01-11 17:40:43 +08:00
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The next few rules are more some general hints:
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1. If you notice that your posting ratio is much higher than that of other
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people, double check the above rules. Try to wait a bit longer before
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sending your replies to give other people more time to digest your answers
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and more importantly give you the opportunity to make sure that you
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aggregate your current position into a single mail instead of multiple
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ones.
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2. Consider taking a step back from a very active thread now and then. Maybe
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talking to some friends and fellow developers will help in understanding
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the other opinions better.
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3. Do not top post. Place your answer underneath anyone you wish to quote
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and remove any previous comment that is not relevant to your post.
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4. Do not high-jack threads, by bringing up entirely new topics. Please
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create an entirely new thread copying anything you wish to quote into the
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new thread.
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Happy hacking,
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PHP Team
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