> > 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. > > I can't comment on how to respond to an old mailing list since I haven't > tried that yet, but asking about a new project release should have been > as simple as either entering your email on the website or sending an > email to [email protected] (the +(un)subscribe part > should work for most mailing lists) and then sending an email with the > question to the password-store@... email.
+1 on the initial critics and the fact that there is much more help available for using github.
