On Fri, 7 Dec 2012 20:27:55 -0500 Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> wrote:
Open vs closed lists really are about the list attributes, not cross-posting. And LKML really has nothing to do with our openSUSE lists.
There is use case for cross posting as explained by Greg, to aggregate experts in few fields to work on one problem. As only user help is subscriber only, it can be more productive to use cross posting then to keep two conversations on different lists and forward answers manually. What is subscription? Instruction to mail list server to send you emails from other interested in a certain topic. What is mail list? List of people that want to discuss certain topic. Having free cross posting, allows to have small lists that are aggregated without administration overhead and on as needed basis. Example: You want to solve boot problem that seems to be kernel or graphics. You post to boot@opensuse.org, kernel@opensuse.org and graphics@opensuse.org, temporarily creating new mail list that will disappear when problem is solved, instead of having administratively created boot-kernel-graphics@opensuse.org and zillion other that will have 1 post per year. In other words, you create basic groups that server knows about, and let users deal with particular problems. Problems of many posts that can't find appropriate place is solved, as any experienced user can add another list where lives expert for the topic. Experts will appreciate this as they will see fewer posts and most of the time posts related to their interest. Users will get the most relevant answers. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org