On 13/08/12 13:32, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 07:08:32AM -0500, Caesar wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:19:25 -0400, Scooter C >> <[email protected]> wrote Re Scooter's Rant of the month: >> >>> I'm not impressed with Apache Foundation. >> >> +1 on that. >> >> As an example to support that impression, note the operation of this >> list server; e.g. people who are not members are allowed to post >> questions, but since they are not members they cannot see the answers >> to their questions. > > There was a thread about rejecting those mails, there was even > a "Moderation Rejection Experiment" > http://markmail.org/thread/ukrbtqysmejax5q6 but I don't recall in what > ended all these things. May be the list moderators can tell.
I think that thread postdates the start of the 'apache era'. I recall in the OOo days there were over-frequent discussions about disallowing non-member postings. But arguments were put both ways, no consensus could ever be reached, and by default the status quo persisted - to allow unrestricted posting. -- Mike Scott Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
