Re: ignoring the CoC in regards to cc:s (Re: Can we ship sources of a PDF file in the Debian diff?
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:53:12AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> Noah Slater <nslater@tumbolia.org> writes:
>
> > Yes, I know the L command, but thanks for pointing it out! My argument
> > is that I have to remember to use when I am replying to the Debian
> > lists, which as you can see, doesn't happen very often.
>
> No, the point of a ‘reply to list’ command is you *don't* have to
> remember when to use it. Just use it every time you reply to any list,
> and it will DTRT because it uses the standard fields which are in just
> about every mailing list anywhere. The times when it doesn't will be the
> rare ones.
There are notorious counter examples, such as the git mailing list, that
*do* require people to Cc the people they reply to, while the mailing
list software doesn't add Reply-To.
Mike
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