On 31/07/2010 14:00, Thomas Bächler wrote:
Am 31.07.2010 13:30, schrieb jesse jaara:
The name and description of the arch-dev-public mailing list are extreamly misleading, for me personally the name and description tells that the list is open for everyone to discuss about development of Arch Linux and apps. This also makes me think that there must also be a closed mailing list for the developers and USA government only, where they can discuss about putting a spying app to every single arch box there is. :D There IS a closed list, and it used to be the only development list for quite some time. In March 2007, arch-dev-public was created and virtually all development talk moved there (traffic on arch-dev is very minimal, mainly discussions about server infrastructure and world domination).
I think Jesse is specifically asking why the arch-dev-public list is not open to everyone to WRITE to. Other devs can correct me if I am wrong, but the rationale for making it "read-only" to non-devs is to limit traffic to an acceptable level so that development discussions can be conducted productively. The arch-general list is open to everyone and all devs subscribe to it. But it is true that the "read-only" status of arch-dev-public could be stated more clearly on http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/, perhaps changing it to something like: "Public mailing list for Arch Linux development (read-only for non-devs)" F