Patrick Bartek <nemomm...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 22:40:56 +0200 Jochen Spieker <m...@well-adjusted.de> > wrote: > > > fc: > > > Why not just restrict it to people who have subscribed? > > > > Because this excludes use cases that are deemed valid by the list > > masters. > > Like what?
I can't speak for the list masters, but I can speak for use cases that would exclude that I find valid: * Posting from a service (such as a mailing list aggregator) which presents a single interface accessible without an email client. * Posting by people who we want to participate in the discussion, but who do not (yet) see the benefit to themselves of going through a subscription process. * Cross-posting on multiple forums when a discussion involves parties outside Debian, and we don't want the discussion balkanised with some people's responses rejected. There are likely others, but that seems enough to answer the question. -- \ “The apparent lesson of the Inquisition is that insistence on | `\ uniformity of belief is fatal to intellectual, moral, and | _o__) spiritual health.” —_The Uses Of The Past_, Herbert J. Muller | Ben Finney
