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diff --git a/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES b/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8fafbd7 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.MAILINGLIST_RULES @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +==================== + Mailinglist Rules +==================== + +This is the first file you should be reading before doing any posts on PHP +mailinglists. Following these rules is considered imperative to the success of +the PHP project. Therefore expect your contributions to be of much less positive +impact if you do not follow these rules. More importantly you can actually +assume that not following these rules will hurt the PHP project. + +PHP is developed through the efforts of a large number of people. +Collaboration is a Good Thing(tm), and mailinglists lets us do this. Thus, +following some basic rules with regards to mailinglist usage will: + + a. Make everybody happier, especially those responsible for developing PHP + itself. + + b. Help in making sure we all use our time more efficiently. + + c. Prevent you from making a fool of yourself in public. + + d. Increase the general level of good will on planet Earth. + + +Having said that, here are the organizational rules: + + 1. Respect other people working on the project. + + 2. Do not post when you are angry. Any post can wait a few hours. Review + your post after a good breather or a good nights sleep. + + 3. Make sure you pick the right mailinglist for your posting. Please review + the descriptions on the mailinglist overview page + (http://www.php.net/mailing-lists.php). When in doubt ask a friend or + someone you trust on IRC. + + 4. Make sure you know what you are talking about. PHP is a very large project + that strives to be very open. The flip side is that the core developers + are faced with a lot of requests. Make sure that you have done your + research before posting to the entire developer community. + + 5. Patches have a much greater chance of acceptance than just asking the + PHP developers to implement a feature for you. For one it makes the + discussion more concrete and it shows that the poster put thought and time + into the request. + + 6. If you are posting to an existing thread, make sure that you know what + previous posters have said. This is even more important the longer the + thread is already. + + 7. Please configure your email client to use a real name and keep message + signatures to a maximum of 2 lines if at all necessary. + +The next few rules are more some general hints: + + 1. If you notice that your posting ratio is much higher than that of other + people, double check the above rules. Try to wait a bit longer before + sending your replies to give other people more time to digest your answers + and more importantly give you the opportunity to make sure that you + aggregate your current position into a single mail instead of multiple + ones. + + 2. Consider taking a step back from a very active thread now and then. Maybe + talking to some friends and fellow developers will help in understanding + the other opinions better. + + 3. Do not top post. Place your answer underneath anyone you wish to quote + and remove any previous comment that is not relevant to your post. + + 4. Do not high-jack threads, by bringing up entirely new topics. Please + create an entirely new thread copying anything you wish to quote into the + new thread. + +Finally, additional hints on how to behave inside the virtual community can be +found in RFC 1855 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html). + +Happy hacking, + +PHP Team |