On Saturday 01 February 2003 06:57 pm, Miguel de Icaza wrote: > Hello, > > > I am very aware that this is the solution you offer, but that does not > > answer the question ... _why_? Why do you want a developer mailing list > > with only one subscriber while everyone else uses mono-hackers for > > development discussion? Why not just create an *open* mono development > > mailing list which everyone can use to discuss mono's technical > > development and create a different mailing list for Ximian's secrets? > > This way mono can be developed with the benefit of full community > > participation. > > I think you are miss-understanding. What I want is every person in > mono-hackers to be automatically part of mono-devel (this can be > achieved with subscribing mono-hackers to it), but to allow posting to > it, I need the mailing list software to have a 'allows posters from X > list to post to this list'. > > The above is important, so I do not have to maintain the membership of > mono-hackers.
You can achieve the same result with no patch and no extra maintenance by simply creating mono-devel like you have all the other lists. You can post a link to this list on go-mono.org and everyone who is interested in the technical discussion of mono development can subscribe. mono-hackers can then become a place for you to distribute confidential information. The benefit is clear ... No one needs to hack GNU Mailman and mono-devel can be an open list while you keep a list for confidential information. > > It is not a matter of what *I* use to discuss mono development if > > everyone else is using mono-hackers. Why on earth would I want to join a > > mailing list where I am the only subscriber? > > You are confused. I hope my explanation above would clarify things. No, I don't think I am confused. In your scenario I would be the only real subscriber to mono-devel and everyone else would be subscribed to mono-hackers with GNU Mailman shuttling my messages back and forth. This would be a hack and people subscribed to mono-hackers would not be able to adjust the settings for the mono-devel subscription. For instance they would not be able to stop receiving mail from mono-devel for awhile. Since mono-devel will likely be a high traffic list this isn't such a good idea. Two alternatives exist: 1. Setup mono-devel like you have every other mailing list and let people subscribe to that in the normal uniform fashion. 2. Write a script that will take all the subscribers of mono-hackers and subscribe them to mono-devel. This is not a good solution because you shouldn't be subscribing people without permission and because it requires someone (you have volunteered me and I do not accept) to write the script. Better to just let everyone manage his/her own subscription like every other mailing list. Why is this so difficult? Adam _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
