Re: Explicitely Cc bug reporters
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:00:49 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> As a general principle I think it should always be possible for people to
> opt out of mail from any sort of automated or semi-automated system. I
> think supporting opt-out is a good idea. But I think that if the
> submitter opts out of receiving any mail about the bug, that should be
> clear to the package maintainer so that the package maintainer knows that
> follow-up questions will not receive a reply.
>
> Maybe the best opt-out mechanism would be to clear the submitter field?
>
I think the opt-out way is to close the bug. An address that will reach
the submitter most of the time, but not always, is useless IMO.
Cheers,
Julien
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