On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 12:20:24AM +0200, Christian Ridderström wrote: > Richard wrote: > > > We have spent an enormous amount of time on this ... > > > > HI, > > Regarding the discussion of LyX's safety I'd like to make a few remarks > related to ... ?list etiquette? Not sure what the correct term should be, > but it ought to be clear below. > > Really long threads: > Are we really ok with threads containing upwards a hundred posts? > Perhaps at some point it's necessary to simply start the thread over? > > Thread splitting: > I've tried to break off topics into separate threads, but it _seems_ like > it's mainly me doing that.
Ah I did not realize you did that on purpose. I actually found it annoying when I wanted to go up the discussion and couldn't because it was cut off, but that's probably because I don't have much experience with thread-splitting. I'd be happy to change my workflow if others preferred it. > Or maybe it's how the gmail interface presents the thread to me? > > Is it something we're not doing anymore. > Should thread splitting be avoided, or should we try to do it more? It might be useful to know what other mailing lists do and if they have related policies. > <rant> > I'm using gmail's web interface these days. This might be why I'm finding > it difficult to efficiently follow threads that are so long. > - The gmail labs thing I used for replying to parts of an e-mail is no > longer working. > - Sometimes the replies don't go to the list. *sigh* > - I haven't figured out how to mark a single e-mail as unread, > e.g. when I feel I need to reply to it later, and instead have to mark > the entire thread. > This does _not_ work well for long threads. > </rant> I find mutt to be very helpful with emails, but it takes a long time to get used to, and I'm not sure it would solve the particular issues you reference. > Are there other things we could've done to do the discussion more > efficiently? > > Using a wiki page for security topics didn't seem like it's (so far) helped > anything. > Would a LyX document in git have been better? > Or a plain text file? Good questions, I don't know the answer. Scott
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