On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:02:46 +0100 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Did anyone claim that? - No. > > Years ago I've suggested creating a list where to address all > contributors. One list that would be mandatory to subscribe to. > Not multiple lists. I fear that has a number of problems: a) people HATE having to opt-out of something like that. They much prefer opt in. b) a large number of people would opt out. c) how do you define 'contributor' ? > Examining the list archives of devel-announce (which packagers MUST be > subscribed to) and comparing with announce, the purpose of these lists > does not become clear. Perhaps whatever says "as a packager you must subscribe to devel-announce" should be amended to also include announce. > For example: > > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-October/date.html > -> two announcements about Changes to the Packaging Guidelines > > That's a very specific topic for the "Announcements related to the > Fedora Project" list, isn't it? > > The same posts have been sent to devel-announce, too. Should they > have been posted *only* to devel-announce perhaps? What is the target > group of "announce" list? I agree, those emails should go to only devel-announce. > On the contrary, "Smolt retirement" has been sent to announce list > only, but not to devel-announce. That was of general note to all Fedora folks, not specifically to developers. > Same for "FAS update". Many parts of the project use fas, not just package maintainers. > It's strange > that subscribing to the mandatory list, devel-announce, is > insufficient. And e.g. Fedora Users, who subscribed to "announce" > would receive announcements related to packaging guidelines. I'd say you should be subscribed to both. kevin
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