Hi,
ITP bugs are copied to debian-devel@. The intention, I think, is to
make
sure that they have many eyes on them. ITP bugs often get feedback
from
readers of debian-devel.
I think this is valuable. However, it's one job/task/role, and
sometimes
One wishes to focus on other jobs/tasks/roles instead. When I
subscribed
to debian-devel directly, I most often filtered ITP mail into a
separate
mailbox, to read at separate times. Nowadays, I read most Debian lists
via NNTP gateways, and filtering ITPs is not quite so convenient (not
least, because I don't easily have an analogue of the ITP-dedicated
mailbox I used to.). But besides me, I think a better "default" for
debian-devel would be not to have the ITPs.
I think the ITP mails can make reading the rest of the list difficult
without extra local filtering or steps. Some times they are the
majority of the list traffic. I think it would be better if
ITP mail went to a separate, dedicated list, e.g. "debian-itp" to
which
contributors are encouraged to subscribe and participate.
Does anyone have any strong feelings about this, either for or
against?