On Fri, Oct 05, 2018 at 02:02:46AM +0100, Andrew Clayton wrote: > Adam Williamson <adamw...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > On Thu, 2018-10-04 at 17:32 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > > The fact is, the world has moved away from quoted mail with inline > > > replies. > > > Top posting rules basically everywhere except hold-out old-school mailing > > > lists. > > ...like this one. ;) > His email was from mutt as well! I guess fedora-devel just isn't > old-school enough :(
Okay, I admit to some level of trolling there. :) My point, though, is that I don't think we can afford to be exclusively old-school to the point where it makes a significant barrier to entry. A few years ago, I think the landscape was different. As more young people come to the project with a new perspective on online communication, we should look at how _our_ practices should evolve. Top-posting isn't just an annoying Gmail thing; it's a whole different approach to using email for conversations. And, yeah, it *is* a much worse one than our old-school threaded, minimal-quoting, usenet-inspired style. That's why the general trend is *away* from email. The Foreman community recently switched away from mailing lists in this way, and https://theforeman.org/2018/07/discourse-6-months-on-impact-assesment.html is really interesting and helpful read on the topic for those who might have some ... trepidation. I'm not sayin' we are ready to shut this list down, but it's honestly worth considering if a different approach will be more effective. -- Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
