Hello, I'd like to package two libraries [1] [2] for Debian. Steve Robbins kindly volunteered to have a look at my preliminary packaging, so this is well on the way. Meanwhile, may I ask a question about Debian mailing-list etiquette? The Debian Science wiki page [3] links to a pamphlet [4] that argues why Reply-To munging is not a good idea (I agree, of course). The same pamphlet recommends using the function "reply-to-all" of a MUA to reply to a list. Doing this sends mail to both the list and the author, and another pamphlet [5] argues in detail why this is preferable to mailing the list only. I tend to agree and that's why I follow this practice on the lists that I run. (As [5] argues, this is especially important when replying to posts of non-subscribers who otherwise would not receive the answer to their question.) What should one do on Debian mailing lists? On this list, I saw some people CCing the original author, some others not. I once got rebuked [6] to stop CCing the author on a Debian list. If CCing the author is frowned upon, how would one ask questions on lists to which one is not subscribed? (Be using the mailto links on the list archives on the web?) Christoph [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=886418 [2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=886628 [3] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience [4] http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html [5] http://david.woodhou.se/reply-to-list.html [6] https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-python@lists.debian.org/msg12824.html
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