> subscribing and posting on a mailing list is way easier Just a few days ago I had to register at this mailing list to respond to an older thread. Does anyone how you accomplish that? I searched a bit if I could get mailman to send me a thread again, didn't find an option. Figured I can view-source the web-archive to find the correct header so it becomes recognized as a response. Tried to do this on the web-UI of my mail provider (which is a throwaway account, I don't want to end up with my own domain in search results for eternity), but my mail ended up as a new thread nevertheless. After this experience, I clearly can not see how mailman is easier to use. This is a very basic feature, mailman is out for ages and still no one meant to implement/document such a basic functionality. There are a lot of other issues regarding mailing lists, which I don't mean to discuss, as they've either being mentioned or discussed in other places thoroughly over the past years.
I don't say "go use GitHub", but I truly disgrace this elitist stance of *mailing list or nothing*. I'm a "new contributor" and it took me more than 30 Minutes just to ask when there is going to be an upcoming release. I guess it boils down to what the goal of a project is and who you want to collaborate with, but the more artificial entry barriers you create, the more you'll end up with the exact opposite of a diverse contributor crowd.
