I have been very concerned about a general tenor of this list. It
seems like some are suggesting that if you haven't been on the list
long enough, if you don't use the right email client, and several
other comments I've heard recently, then you aren't good enough to be
on this list. Instead, we need to be welcoming old and new, people
using pine, elm, modest, Outlook or whatever email client.
While I know that you're referring to other threads as well, and while
the responses to Edward's post weren't all as kind or thoughtful as they
could have been, it should be noted that subject prefixes are a
well-known hot-button topic (on many lists, not just this one).
Furthermore, they've been discussed and rejected here:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/developers/30148#30148
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/maemo/developers/16800#16800
Among the litany of good reasons against subject tagging [1], we have
the added reason that screen real-estate on mobile devices is precious
and long subject-lines are especially problematic for the many
individuals reading this list on small-screened maemo-devices.
While we as a community can always aim to improve our tone and focus
energies better, I don't think this was a case of "jump on the
newcomer". It's a FAQ for mailing list administration in general, an AQ
for the maemo-* lists, and an issue both sides tend to feel strongly
about. With the tremendous influx of new users right now, there are
bound to be some growing pains. That's not an excuse for bad-behavior,
we still need to police ourselves, but it's worth keeping in mind.
Soooo... welcome aboard Edward. Thanks for your suggestion, please
consider checking the archives before posting next time because this was
discussed already.
Cheers,
Mike Lococo
[1] http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/qralston/writing/tagging-harmful/
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