From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, 936@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#936: fixing/disabling the bug news->mail gateway
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:46:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1NVQyB-0003r3-2w@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <873a29lnnz.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (message from Chong Yidong on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:06:56 -0500)
> 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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-14 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-13 20:03 fixing/disabling the bug news->mail gateway Glenn Morris
2010-01-13 21:06 ` bug#936: " Chong Yidong
2010-01-13 21:06 ` Chong Yidong
2010-01-13 21:27 ` Glenn Morris
2010-01-13 21:27 ` Glenn Morris
2010-01-14 14:46 ` Richard Stallman
2010-01-14 14:46 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2010-01-14 15:30 ` Jason Rumney
2010-01-14 15:30 ` Jason Rumney
2010-01-15 21:36 ` Richard Stallman
2010-01-15 21:36 ` Richard Stallman
2010-02-03 2:27 ` Glenn Morris
[not found] ` <18629.39337.385988.325295@fencepost.gnu.org>
2010-02-03 2:27 ` Glenn Morris
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2010-01-13 20:03 Glenn Morris
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