Looking for good souls

Jimmie Houchin jhouchin at cableone.net
Sat Apr 22 20:11:54 UTC 2006


stephane ducasse wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I would like to have a list for newbies: squeak-starters
> because (I see it now with my students) newbies are really afraid to post,
> experience with python mailing-list doing the same are a success so we
> should learn.
> 
> Now I would like to have a couple of good souls to help me answering the
> questions
> on this squeak-starters mailing-list.
> 
> So if we are 4 or 5 we win!

I don't consider myself a newbie as I've been playing with Squeak for
years and have not been shy about displaying my ignorance on this list
for all to see. :)

I'm not sure we need a new list.
But if we do keep this list as the one list for all, we do need to make
the Subscription page better.

It says at the top:
"""
This is the main Squeak developers' list, which isn't restricted to any
particular Squeak topic. It is the newest incarnation of the list
formerly known as squeak at uiuc.edu. It has been given the more specific
name "squeak-dev" to distinguish it from other Squeak lists that are
emerging.
"""


I think that it hasn't been the squeak at uiuc.edu for so long that we
should drop that comment. It isn't meaningful to most people who
subscribe today.

In this section we should make it explicitly clear that the list is for
everyone. Maybe something like:

"""
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applications, a development environment and the Smalltalk programming
language.

This list is for those who are interested in any area of Squeak.
Whether you are new to Squeak or are a long-time veteran, please feel
free to participate in friendly, productive and sometimes excited
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Okay maybe I went overboard. :)

But hey, hammer this out on the list and lets provide a better front to
this mailing list. And then if it proves at some point to have a
squeak-users (or somesuch) list, then we can do that.


Jimmie



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