The description on https://github.com/git/git doesn't reflect that policy. a) It explains that discussions take place in the mentioned mailing list. b) It describes how to subscribe. With knowledge of other mailing lists (mostly managed by mailman), subscription is required for participation. ________________________________________ Von: Simon Ruderich [simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. Juni 2017 15:47 Bis: Patrick Lehmann Cc: Jessie Hernandez; git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: Re: your mail On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 01:35:33PM +0000, Patrick Lehmann wrote: > But how can he write to the mailing list without a subscription? > Is this a security bug or is he already subscribed? Everybody can send to this mailing list. This is by design so contributors/bug reporters can send mails without having to subscribe. Regards Simon -- + Privatsphäre ist notwendig + Ich verwende GnuPG http://gnupg.org + Öffentlicher Schlüssel: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9