Re: Mailing list policy
On Wed, Jan 21, 1998 at 01:48:00PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
> split. Instead, I would propose that we tighten the rules for
> debian-devel, as follows:
>
> * No postings from nondevelopers. Nondevelopers should post to
> debian-user. If a separate non-queries list for nondevelopers is
> required (eg for political discussions) it should be created.
This would be bad, I think. I participated some time before I got official
maintainer on debian-devel. Carefully I was only to post when I could
contribute to some problem. The open development should include the right of
non-developers to step in threads on debian-devel (assumption I make:
everyone is a responsible person etc...)
But what is more serious I think: If non-developers are not allowed to post
to debian-devel, threads will be moved to debian-user by non-developers,
where they don't belong. This will create more confusion than occasional
strange postings by clueless easy-to-recognizer-people, I would think.
Marcus
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