Re: Q: List Policy
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:23:43PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Nov 2008, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Sat,22.Nov.08, 02:45:51, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > > Quite right, but why discourage CCing on an open list? I can see the
> > > point in not CCing on a closed list.
> >
> > Cc'ing on a closed list would be really stupid :)
>
> Actually, that's the one place where anyone not on the list would
> request carbon copies. (But it still shouldn't be the default.)
Ummm, if the list is closed, how could they post anyway?
> > > Sorry, it doesn't explain why CCing is "discouraged" on an open
> > > list.
>
> Because people who are subscribed to the list don't require extra
> copies of mails. [And since anyone who wants a copy can request it
> using MFT: or manually, it's perfectly fine.]
True, I uderstand that, but my thoughts are concerning newbies who post
to the list and not being subscribed won't see a reply to their post.
You could argue, I suppose, that if a newbie can't cope with that then
they shouldn't be using Debian anyway. I disagree with that line of
thought, and believe some initial hand-holding is necessary to stop
unnecessary duplication of messages.
> > New posters should read the Code of Conduct? Listmasters, would you
> > consider adding a link to the CoC at the bottom of list mails?
>
> http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct is linked from the
> introduction, which is on the page where you learn what lists we have
> and how to subscribe to them. Someone who doesn't bother to read that
> won't bother to read the links posted at the bottom of a mail.
Exactly! Also they may only know of debian-user through a google search.
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Chris.
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