On 21 April 2017 at 03:11, Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/20/17, Ben Finney <bign...@debian.org> wrote: > > 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. > E.g. a post from Linus Torvalds, Lennart Poettering or a closed source processed meat canned foods manufacturer that wanted to make a donation to the Debian Foundation. Point Taken MF > > > > * 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. > > > I can't point to real World examples, but I've seen multiple instances > of that last one occurring. Those not subscribed bore email addresses > from extremely.... "top tier" tech companies.... > > The topics varied, but it would be conversations regarding things such > as attempting to obtain more universal compatibility between Debian > and non-free hardware. *Something* like that.... > > Just thinking out loud... :) > > Cindy > > -- > Cindy-Sue Causey > Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA > > * runs with duct tape * > >
