From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#936: fixing/disabling the bug news->mail gateway Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:46:43 -0500 Message-ID: References: <873a29lnnz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1263481852 16528 80.91.229.12 (14 Jan 2010 15:10:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:10:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, 936@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 14 16:10:44 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NVRLP-0002ku-GC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:10:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56986 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVRLP-00060p-C2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:10:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVR8Q-0006MQ-86 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:57:18 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NVR8K-0006Hf-Fc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:57:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34285 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NVR8K-0006HA-7e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:57:12 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:59181) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NVR8I-0005lD-V7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:57:11 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NVQyB-0003r3-2w; Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:46:43 -0500 In-reply-to: <873a29lnnz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:06:56 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:119994 Archived-At: > I think it would be acceptable to make the gateway one-way, > mail->news only. I don't think people need to be able to report > bugs via usenet. For those who want to do so, gmane exists. Let's just make it one-way. Maintaining two-way gateways is fine if there's negligible hassle (e.g. help-gnu-emacs), but in this case it's too much trouble. I agree there is no _need_ for people to be able to post bug reports as news. But what would be the practical result of a "one-way gateway" when someone tries to post a bug report as news? Would it mean that his bug report appears as news, and all seems well, but it is never seen on the mailing list? That is not a very good outcome. If the gateway could send him mail to inform him that he has to post via mail, not via news, that would be much better.