Is it so hard to just ask the opinion to the users to know if they want or not a sub-forum to help developers?
If you are not able to open a new post for a vote then I can't do anything for you !
Xavier.. there are almost 20000 users in these forums.. let's say only 50% are active ones..
I see many, way too many people acting just like you: ask, criticize, lurk.
and I'm quite sure there are many of them that earn money selling services based on SME
so, the question is: why everybody is here just to wait for something to happen and doesn't start to do something?
you've been told HOW to do things: don't you like it? I'm sorry
do you want to help? you are welcome
do you want anything? just ask, following rules
that's all, nothing more, nothing less.. you can do much for "me", just do it.. I'm doing my homework everyday here, what about "you"?
you made many announcements in the past, you said you were working on SME's code (we never see anything from you here), you said you won't be back here so many times.. and "we" are still here asking you to partecipate, we still welcome you and your ideas.. what do you want more than that?
this comunity is community driven.. if only 10 persons vote, talk, discuss, propose, maintain.. and the others 19990 are outside there, only lurking and waiting for cheap and easy things, what should I think?
the community is YOU.. there are rules that can be changed, but it needs that in first instance you follow the rules, FULL stop.
I'm nobody, just a community member, just like you, my vote still counts like yours.. if I want something, I ask for it (here if I need support, in bugzilla if I find a bug or want a NF, in ML if I need enlightment about code or SME's internals)..
and I follow almost every forum (French one too).. it is not so difficult.. I'm sure you, like everybody here, can do the same..
so, once again, go to bugzilla and ask for a new forum area.. it's a good idea IMO, but someone should be the chain ring between forum and bugzilla (many developers, no matter if active or not, read forums)..