* Ian Jackson: > tl;dr: > pls can we create debian-members@l.d.o with posting acceptance rules > copied from debian-devel-announce[1] and subscriber list maintained in > sync with debian-private.
I think the only half-successful setups for such discussion lists provide web-only read access. If non-posters can subscribe, they are tempted to take part in the discussion, only to be rejected, which is bad because it rubs in the DD/non-DD distinction. Even with web-only read access, Cc:s still have a strange effect. Non-posters might try to reply to a Cc:ed copy, and their replies propagate through the unrestricted parts of the Cc: list, but not to the restricted list. This isn't very welcoming, either. Web archives without general posting privileges are also unfair to those whose matters are discussed on the list, but cannot add to the archives on their own. In the end, the user experience is worse than a completely private list. At least it's easy to completely ignore the existence of such lists if you are not a subscriber.