-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 27, 2008, at 4:09 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote:
> The actual word "sibling" appears in a few places. It is in the > title of > the subsection for configuring regular_(in|ex)clude_lists, and is > mentioned in the detailed help for these settings in the phrase "site > administrator may prohibit cross domain siblings". It is also in the > configuration variable ALLOW_CROSS_DOMAIN_SIBLING. > > I would be reluctant to change this for 2.1.10 because the existing > strings have been translated in a few updates, and I have been > actively > trying to keep from making any further changes to i18n strings. > > As far as whether the 'sibling' relationship is symmetric or > antisymmetric, this is a question that can only be answered if the > definition of the relationship is precise enough. There are at least > two > possible definitions that make sense to me. > > 1) List A is a sibling of list B iff list A appears in one of list B's > regular_(in|ex)clude_lists attributes. > > 2) List A is a sibling of List B iff list A appears in one of list B's > regular_(in|ex)clude_lists attributes or list B appears in one of list > A's regular_(in|ex)clude_lists attributes. > > Under definition 1), the 'sibling' relationship is neither symmetric > nor > antisymmetric. Under definition 2), the 'sibling' relationship is > symmetric and not antisymmetric. I agree that it's too late to change this in 2.1.10, which probably means it's too late to change for 2.1. I think you're follow up rationale indicates that "sibling" is probably an acceptable term for the feature given one way of looking at it, and because we have nothing better. ;) > As far as a list being in it's own regular_(in|ex)clude_lists, as a > result of Ian's original post, I changed the GUI to not allow it and > changed the handler to ignore it, but log it. Great, thanks! - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkf+hjkACgkQ2YZpQepbvXEvFgCeJ3DPzLz+O46yRAxIZ4AVDJ/R 3KUAn34PSpL3WLrW6NaidzRFRgOJR7yP =B80W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
