From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Alexandrov <321942@gmail.com> Subject: Re: moderation, please Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 14:12:07 +0300 Message-ID: <36fwq4qg.321942@gmail.com> References: <20191012180038.gb5xpee3r4p2lg5h@uptimegirl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34036) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from <321942@gmail.com>) id 1iJbnS-0006AS-EL for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 07:12:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <321942@gmail.com>) id 1iJbnR-0002UK-9h for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 07:12:22 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x442.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::442]:46112) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <321942@gmail.com>) id 1iJbnR-0002To-1y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 07:12:21 -0400 Received: by mail-wr1-x442.google.com with SMTP id o18so16395633wrv.13 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 04:12:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Jesse Gibbons's message of "Sat, 12 Oct 2019 16:16:39 -0600") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Jesse Gibbons Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jesse Gibbons wrote: > On Sun, 2019-10-13 at 00:04 +0300, Dmitry Alexandrov wrote: >> ng0 wrote: >> > this list is to discuss the _development_ of GNU Guix, Shepherd, and G= uix System. >> >=20 >> > It is not a general discussion list for everything else. >> >=20 >> > While we usually get by fine without imposing moderation restrictions,= I don't see how any of the recent message floods have been ontopic to this= list >>=20 >> Yes, indeed, though I cannot imagine, how an offtopic limited to few thr= eads can hurt any person minimally capable of using a MUA. >>=20 >> > (other than the original announcement of the blog post >>=20 >> Indeed? >>=20 >> > If it isn't already on moderation for some people, it would be very ki= nd to do so as numerous active people asked for this (and the people in que= stion are on record not willing to stop the messages). >>=20 >> Anyway, =E2=80=98to stop=E2=80=99 is the most unconstructive proposal, i= t never works. If you can name a better mailing list, please do so. E. g.= , @ams@gnu.org believes for some reason, than otherwise pretty dead gnu-sys= tem- discuss@gnu.org is not suitable for discussion of the future of GNU sy= stem in the light of recent events either. > > Try moving it to irc or matrix. There should already be plenty of rooms r= elated to the future of the GNU project on freenode, or you could start som= ething new. Why do you suggest changing a communication format for no reason? I believ= e, if people choose a long and measured format of mailing list, they do it = on purpose, not because they are not aware of existence of IRC channels. > When all 50+ new messages in this list from the past hour are off-topic, = it is too much. Do not read them. I am not a user of Evolution, just specifically checked = it up for you, but it seems that this should do the trick: Context menu / = =E2=80=98Ignore thread=E2=80=99. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEE1yoTx9fONarixgNIydoJ3hnBsjAFAl2jBocACgkQydoJ3hnB sjDxNAf/Xfg7eCAzGIVkJZwfYYSZiTl0alwmcJMdDPBnLtFeKGSAa+FI/rO47x+b ur0pjJm/e2M7Pf3JtSmEvN1gfn1NkeNdlsXOAWRFy2WfCT/dGJKkXFd4NGg/yhd+ df9dodOyQQPXWzVRGCjTemullUT/3dXGZkeoW435C1V6z37fyQzmDNG1g5/0pzzX oPhP+qnxoHZRhK2/x9liJDS7/ZxiHZz89Gzd2wv7unYwLbL/bNJznpZjNYz3BSla +3xabTVjdQehh7gsGh5UtR/cHPiQ858gbcsdzYdbOECZOWvE3bzAD5jJ5+s3Cz9m VyhwPyuO0RAWyhFs+ht48GXz5lIiKw== =dYm2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--