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标 题: how to ask questions smartly (5)
发信站: 听涛站 (2002年07月19日17:33:38 星期五), 站内信件
Whenever possible, use project mailing lists
When a project has a development mailing list, write to the mailing list, no
t to individual developers, even if you believe that you know who can answer
your question best. Check the documentation of the project and its homepage
for the address of a project mailing list, and use it. There are several go
od reasons for this policy:
Any question that's good enough to be asked of one developer will also be of
value to the whole group. Contrariwise, if you think that your question is
too dumb for a mailing list, it's not an excuse to harass individual develop
ers.
Asking questions on the list distributes load between developers. The indivi
dual developer (especially if he's the project leader) may be too busy to an
swer your questions.
Most mailing lists are archived and the archives are indexed by search engin
es. Somebody could find your question and the answer on the web instead of a
sking it again in the list.
If certain questions are seen to be asked often, the developers can use that
information to improve the documentation or the software itself to be less
confusing. But if those questions are asked in private, nobody has the compl
ete picture of what questions are asked most often.
If you cannot find a project's mailing list address, but only see the addres
s of the maintainer of the project, go ahead and write to the maintainer. Bu
t even in that case, don't assume that the mailing list doesn't exist. State
in your e-mail that you tried and could not find the appropriate mailing li
st. Also mention that you don't object to having your message forwarded to o
ther people. (Many people believe that private e-mail should remain private,
even if there is nothing secret in it. By allowing your message to be forwa
rded you give your correspondent a choice about how to handle your e-mail.)
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