As long the subject clearly identifies a last call request thread, I don't see why the LC's cannot stay here. There are already too many mailing lists in the world. My humble opinion. ~Carlos On 6/7/13 5:00 PM, Melinda Shore wrote: > On 6/7/13 11:52 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote: >> Rule 1 for complex and divergent mail threads is to change the >> Subject header when the subject changes. If you don't do that, >> your mail is rather likely to get junked. >> >> I think that IETF last call threads should stay on the main IETF >> discussion list. That is exactly the right place for them. > > I tend to think so, as well. You never know when someone's > going to stumble over something and make a comment that matters. > The cost is that you get jackasses being loud and petty, but frankly > you'd get that on a last call mailing list, anyway, since IETF > last calls have in a few cases been known to function as jackass > magnets. > > It seems to me that the real problem isn't last calls, it's > people not understanding that behaving badly has a cost associated > with it, and that cost is that they're alienating people they'd > (apparently) like to work with and demolishing their chances of > getting an editorship or moving into leadership roles. > > Melinda >