-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Vincent Danen wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 08:37 PM, Nelson Bartley wrote: > >> I'm not sure if this has been brought up before but I'm going to ask. >> >> Is it absolutely necessary to have all bugzilla updates sent to the >> cooker list? The reason I ask is I currently keep a local copy of all >> messages I've received on the cooker list for at least the last year (I >> had almost 2 years stored until a stray delete command went ary) > > > Yes, it is. And I'll tell you why. Once bugzilla is utilized like it > should be, most posts will come from bugzilla on this list. The number > of questions/comments/etc. on the list will be reduced because it is > going through bugzilla. The mailing list is a means of keeping track of > what is happening in bugzilla. >
[..] > >> If this policy isn't about to change, please let me know so I can >> discontinue my subscription. At this rate I'm better off just checking >> bugzilla every few days to see what's going on. It will save on my >> bandwidth. > > > I don't think it will change. It shouldn't change. This is a much > better system. > Of course, there are some things that could be done to resolve Neils issues: 1)He could filter his mail so bugzilla mail went to a seperate folder than cooker mail 2)Mandrakesoft could have a seperate ML just for bugzilla, so users can decide if they want to track only bug reports (via bugzilla) or other cooker discussion (via cooker) or both, at their discretion. Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE97yn5rJK6UGDSBKcRAoC/AJ9WLN2gg/U7pGbnazC6dyr/xQDcpwCeLNoU 81Aikc04iOEsT8+MUF7a8BI= =AL2u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
