On Tue, 2017-03-07 at 06:48 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 22:46:14 -0500, Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > > Let us emulate the forums, and provide a username list only accessible > > to logged-in AUR users. > > So you recommend that AUR should deviate from the Arch related mailing > lists. Note, mailman mailing list could be set up to "The subscribers > list is only available to the list members" as done for > https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/aur-general and then the members > could decide on their own, if they are visible by this list [1]. > However, https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general is set up to > "The subscribers list is only available to the list administrator". > > So it was always the default and still is the default, not to provide > such lists. There are sane reasons why those options are available, but > we are at a point were nobody cares anymore about privacy and you > recommend that providing such a list is appropriate. For what reason? > Why not keeping what always was and still is default for Arch, simply > to respect privacy? > > [1] > "Conceal yourself from subscriber list? > > When someone views the list membership, your email address is normally > shown (in an obscured fashion to thwart spam harvesters). If you do not > want your email address to show up on this membership roster at all, > select Yes for this option." PS: And btw. stop calling people who care about privacy "paranoid". I for example decided not to hide my membership and email address. Another question: Are you willing to become the one responsible for providing such a list in the legal sense?
