On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 09:25:13 -0500, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
only Patrick, Basil, and Carlos have been against.
OK, count me in that group too. In the two decades I have been using email I have rarely seen real use for cross-posting. I do see use when wanting to discuss something where you want input from different groups. But that only makes sense when these are really different groups *and* the subject is appropriate for all groups/lists you post to. If, like in the case of Linda Walsh's post about initrd, that is not the case, it is a nuisance. So the differentiation between closed and open lists isn't precise enough. It should be added that whoever cross-posts should really think about the destinations of his mail.
week or two when someone had the nerve to cross-post to the sacred opensuse@opensuse.org list.
That's wrong on more than one account. Cross posting has always annoyed me, specially so whenever I was part of more than one of the receiving groups. And the opensuse list isn't sacred, it's just that it's a high volume list and any stuff that (perceivably) unnecessarily adds to the volume is frowned upon.
Apparently that list is sacrosanct with traditions established before man discovered fire and is not open to change.
Oh cut out the sarcasm as it doesn't help one bit here. Otherwise someone could start arguing to allow html mail just because so many use it nowadys. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org