Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 03:00:42PM +0000, Moray Allan wrote: > > Wouldn't it be better for people interested in opening the -private > > archives to try a pure opt-in approach first? (Which wouldn't require > > any change to current policies.) > > If most of the archive should be published, that's more of a burden on > both the people going through it and on the people who've posted in > the past, since the default answer would then be the wrong one. [...]
So we should build more bureaucracy because it's too much work to ask authors for permission? That does not inspire confidence that the time needed will be spent contacting authors to let them object or publishing lists for developer review. The current default answer (private is private) is the right one for past posts because it is what was claimed all along. How would you feel if something really private of yours was posted while you're on vacation? That's possible with your proposal. The basic principle ought to be: at worst, do no harm. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
