On October 6, 2021 11:37:26 PM UTC, John Levine wrote:
>It appears that Alessandro Vesely said:
>>Doug's emphasis on aliases tends to give that impression. Otherwise it can
>>finally be a much needed attempt at formalizing the old, known From:
>>rewriting.
>
>To point out what I would thin
"Bad idea" is a subjective term, and irrelevant.
The purpose of technical standards is not to get somebody elected, it is to
define solutions to problems. The critical question is whether a proposal
provides the best available solution to a problem.
I wonder if the mailing list community is actu
It appears that Alessandro Vesely said:
>Doug's emphasis on aliases tends to give that impression. Otherwise it can
>finally be a much needed attempt at formalizing the old, known From: rewriting.
To point out what I would think is obvious, formalizing a bad idea doesn't make
it any less bad a
We are laying out options, not specifying a MUST, So there is room for
multiple approaches. The situation has been stuck because there is no
good way to identify an innocuous edit from a harmless one.
Your proposal stimulated my thinking, so let me try to build on yours and
come back to mine l
On Tue 05/Oct/2021 16:17:28 +0200 Baptiste Carvello wrote:
another season, another "From rewriting" proposal.
Doug's emphasis on aliases tends to give that impression. Otherwise it can
finally be a much needed attempt at formalizing the old, known From: rewriting.
A) The From field
Hi,
I'll just make a few quick points here, as my message from yesterday was
long enough :-)
Le 06/10/2021 à 00:30, Douglas Foster a écrit :
>
> We clearly disagree about whether mailing list SHOULD be a closed
> group.
Indeed we do, but ultimately it doesn't matter that much.
The relevant que
