On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Michael.Abshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote: > >> Something like this is clearly a matter of opinion. I think we should > >> have a poll among those who actually use the list. My vote is +1 to > >> using the reply-to header. Yours is obviously -1. I'm willing to > >> concede on a tie but lets see if anyone else has an opinion. > > > > +1. I never got around to modifying my mail filters to inspect CC as > > well as List-id for inbox filtering, and now I don't have to :-) > > > > And I find it is less tiring, I always proofread the To and CC earlier > > for some reason. > > > > (Though usually the argument is against because it can be confusing to > > newcomer to mailing lists who then post something that should have been > > offlist onlist; which has potentially much much worse consequences than > > the opposite. But I think the cython-dev audience is experienced enough...) > > > > I can find arguments for either way, so a 0 from me on this. It is > customary on mailing lists to go with Stefan's suggestion because most > mailers have a "reply to" and a "reply-to-all" mode. Google mail seems > to be an exception and I am surprised that Google hasn't fixed the > problem. I have had similar discussion about the same issue with Ondrej > Certik for example and at > > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html > > you will find some argument for the position Stefan is taking. In the > end it is all about convenience and it happens to me too every once in a > a while that I take things off-list when I shouldn't. On the other hand > I have never replied to the list when I intended to take something > off-list, but that has probably to do with the fact that most of my > email stay on-list.
The only problem is that the list netiquette is just different from project to project, and this (imho) is bad. 1) For Debian, one is discouraged to reply-to all, people will just tell you, please don't CC my email, I am on the list. 2) for google groups one just hits reply 3) for some other projects, one hits reply-to-all and the mailman handles it fine. And one just needs to remember all the time, ok, I am on this list, now I need to hit reply. No, reply-to-all. No, reply-to-all and delete the other recipients. Ondrej _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
