On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 02:19:28PM -0400, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > I think it should be a requirement that Debian maintainers have email > addresses which accept all validly formatted email, at least in > response to bug-reporting discussions. Is this controversial? Yes, even if it is reasonable. There is, unfortunately, a very vocal minority of developers who reserve the right to cackle in glee as perfect valid non-spam email messages are bounced or destroyed in the name of spam control. It would probably take a General Resolution to force this through (i.e., we'd have to define the discarding of legitimate project-related mail as a deriliction of developer duties). Let me know if you could get behind such a resolution. Potential objectors to this need not speak up now, I already know your names. In other news, this topic is probably more germane to -project than -policy. Policy has more to do with what packages do than what maintainers do (though there are gray areas). -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Exercise your freedom of religion. Set branden@ecn.purdue.edu | fire to a church of your choice. roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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