On May 18, 2013, at 12:29 AM, "Stephen J. Turnbull" <step...@xemacs.org> wrote: > I don't contest that there are strong similarities between a "list of > moderators" and a "mailing list of subscribers". What I'm saying is > that they're not the same, there are several variations on the theme, > and we must strongly consider deriving them from a more general type.
>>> I don't think this will fit users' models of the moderator and owner >>> roles. Mailing lists have moderators, not an auto-generated >>> associated mailing list containing only the moderators. >> >> That all depends on how you present it, not on how you implement >> it. IIRC, the list of moderators is a roster, just like the >> subscribers. A different template can make two rosters appear to >> be quite different. > > The developers are users too, though. I think the implementation, not > just the presentation, should correspond to our notions of "what > things are." Yes. But, as you note, "what things are" can be viewed as two cases of a "distribution list". And that conceptual object can include more of the characteristics of a mailing list than just "a roster". It is often useful to look for similarities rather than differences. > Steve _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
