On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Jim Henderson
On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:25:13 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
So I assume both of those posters agree with me. For the proposal as it stands (ie. bifurcated netiquette for open / closed lists), only Patrick, Basil, and Carlos have been against.
That's not a reasonable assumption, Greg. I assume many people haven't "weighed in" because (a) there's no need for a change, and (b) this subject comes up about every 18 months regardless of what the settings are and we're tired of relitigating these same old issues over and over again.
Jim, I've got a pretty good memory and I've been on the opensuse@opensuse.org list for close to 10 years. Much less so for -project or wherever a discussion like this might take place. I'm sure there has been the occasional post pro or con cross-posting over the years come my way, but I don't recall a "litigation" of cross posting prior to this one. (fyi: my day job is litigation support, so I like your choice of word.) Further, I know the idea of opening up a lot of the opensuse lists was discussed summer of 2010. (I participated in those discussions, as may you?). Prior to that most were not open. Here's what I think is my first post where I asked if the the opensuse lists could be more open: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2010-06/msg00628.html So, without the follow thru of that "litigation" eventually leading to today where we have primarily open lists, this litigation would have ended early on because of the not every one can post to both lists argument. So I agree netiquette gets litigated in some way every year or two, but I don't think cross-posting has been litigated in a lot of years and the most powerful old argument no longer applies. Greg (IANAL) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org