Linked by Bob "number9" Minvielle on Fri 13th Jun 2003 18:51 UTC
Having written open source software myself, and being a subscriber to mailing lists, etc, there is a realization that the number one thing missing from smaller open source projects is feedback from users.
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I agree that the support mailing lists are a good place for feedback/info. Unfortunately I see a lot of them die out...
I don't agree. I mean, how many users do you know are going to take the trouble to subscribe to a mailing list just to say "Hey, this is a cool program!" No .. probably the only time people are going to subscribe is when they actually are having problems and need to ask a question.
Personally, I can't stand mailing lists. I got on the nano mailing list about a year ago because I needed help compiling it in FreeBSD - since I haven't actuall taken the time to unsubscribe, I'm stilling getting nano emails. Huge pain in the ass.