Dave Howorth wrote:
On Fri, 03 May 2024 18:33:35 -0000 "Atri Bhattacharya" wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote: On Thu, 02 May 2024 19:43:36 -0000 "Atri Bhattacharya" wrote: Inconvenient enough — also in my opinion pointless enough — that I would stop communicating with -devel (factory) and eventually stop contributing to openSUSE at all. Certainly more difficult than ignoring a few spam mails. But we're talking about users@ and maybe support@ here; not other lists. And you haven't contributed here, or asked for advice, at all as far as I can see. What other lists do is up to them. Hyperkitty begs to differ, for example (there are others, if you look back enough): https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/890365 based on https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/support@lists.opensuse.org/thread/G... Apologies, I forgot to check my archived mails :(
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Anywho, back to the topic, I do not see how we could have one kind of policy for users@ and support@ and a whole different policy for factory@, python@, etc. Carlos has already explained how he does it on one list alone. So it is clearly possible. 'Policies' are a red herring - practicality is what matters.
Carlos moderates a list (a thankless job, so big thanks Carlos!). Unlike you, he is not calling for one entire mode of accessing the lists to be slammed shut. Big difference! If you want to do the latter, you will need the openSUSE board to enact and enforce a consistent policy. You cannot just say: I find it practical, so I shall shut down *all* people who use access lists in a particular way just because I feel they are a good-for-nothing minority of users. Cheers, -- Atri