Carl Zwanzig wrote:
>
>> In the case below, the first command attempted to subscribe an address
>> which is already a member so it failed and the remaining commands were
>> unprocessed.
>
>Why is that an error?  I would expect it to ignored, just like setting a 
>property to it's current value.


Because Mailman/commands/cmd_subscribe.py distinguishes it from success
and calls it fatal. Granted, an argument could be made that it
shouldn't be fatal and similarly that unsubscribe of a non-member
address shouldn't be fatal either, but it isn't completely obvious
that that should be the case.

-- 
Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net>        The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California    better use your sense - B. Dylan

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