Proposing a new mailing list

[Dotan Cohen]

On 18/10/2007, Jason Viloria <jnvilo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > OTOH if someone suggests a new list for each release of Fedora, I'm
> > for that:-)
> >
>
> Sounds like a great idea! That would eliminate the stupid discussions
> that sometimes happens because someone is using fedora core 4 or i think
> I saw someone complaining about fedora core 2 at one point.

Many issues are not version-specific, and may continue to be an issue
for several releases. That means that archive browsing will be n times
more time consuming, where n is the current Fedora release. Also, new
Fedora released come out twice a year. I'll not be able to keep up
with the mailing lists that I'd have to add myself to. Of course, I
would not unsubscribe from the old lists because interesting or
relevant threads may pop up.

> Firstboot could also have an extra field asking you for your email
> address to subscribe to the list.

That could be a good idea, but it should have a lot of disclosure
regarding privacy and list volume. Maybe a link to TFA would be
better.

Dotan Cohen

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