On Tuesday 2010-06-22 17:12, Henne Vogelsang wrote:
My issue is that:
1) those lists have developed great functionality in the normal post / reply process that does not require subscription. Thus if I am directed to the btrfs list for a question, I can just post and not have to subscribe.
[...] And in general how much sense does it make to post to a mailinglist you are not subscribed to? That's like running into the room, shouting your question/remark and then running out again before anyone can answer/respond to you.
Your comparison to a room/IRC channel is flawed. Posting to a non-subscribed list makes _perfect_ sense. Contrary to IRC, the poster _does_ leave means and identity available by which replies can be conveyed to him, and his subsequent replies be conveyed back to the other participants. It's more like a forums.opensuse.org and only ever looking at your own thread.
After all its about public discussion. Of course you can expect people to run after you (a.k.a. keeping the CC list intact) but that's not really nice either.
They don't need to run, they just have to use the Reply-All functionality of their MUA. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org