Bastien <[email protected]> writes:

> Morgan Smith <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> Is the "Superseded-by: <msg-id>" part of the code working and ready for
>> use?
>
> Yes, for maintainers.
>
>> How come the "Superseded-by: <msg-id>" is limited to maintainers?  In
>> debbugs there is no limit on who can mark a bug as a duplicate.
>
> We could indeed make it available to users. 
>
> Or make you a maintainer.  Or both :)
>
> Ihor, what do you think? 

Given that maintainers can undo superseded status, I think it should be
ok to allow setting superseded-by to all users. It also helps that Org
mailing list is moderated, so we do not risk being spammed by bad actors
abusing the command system.

Allowing mundane tasks like superseding will also make retrospective
ingestion of mailing lists easier - one will not need to add every
single past maintainer/moderator to the configuration.

For anonymous mailing lists, things may be trickier in this regard.
An alternative option could be some kind of confirmation system when
status set by non-moderators should be explicitly confirmed before
taking effect. Something akin mailing list moderation system on gnu lists.

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