On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Carlos E. R. <carlos.e.r@opensuse.org> wrote:
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On Friday, 2012-12-07 at 18:37 -0600, Rajko wrote:
On Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:01:23 +0100 Henne Vogelsang <> wrote:
Only the user to user support lists are closed. So opensuse and opensuse-$LANG. Everything else is open.
Thank you for prompt answer Henne.
Then we have to adjust cross posting section in netiquette to reflect this.
No, I strongly object.
The receiving side is not openly subscribed to. As the thread wanders from one list to other, being crosposted, or not, depending of the whim of who sends each email, it becomes very difficult to follow.
I argue for the specialist lists the current situation is worse. Just a day or two ago a thread on -packaging discussing ruby gems was started. 4 or 5 messages into it, one of the parties said it really should be on the -ruby list. It went silent on -packaging and I can only assume it is now taking place on -ruby which I don't subscribe to. My belief is that -ruby should have just been added to the cc: list and the thread continue to keep -packaging included. A simple intro sentence saying: === Adding -ruby in cc. Intro for -ruby folk: We've been discussing .... = Again, many of the specialists work with lists where the above behavior is normal. They are already self-trained in how to manage cross-posting. Having a netiquette that allows that type of consistency is helpful. A netiquette that says, every time the subject of a thread drifts from one specialty (-packaging) to another (-ruby) causes the exact issues you're trying to avoid by being against cross-posting. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org