Re: Is this an appropriate list for general git questions

From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date: Mar 29, 2010, 05:55 UTC
Message-ID: <buo634foenu.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com>
In-Reply-To: <0D0DD5C5-B535-49AC-B0A9-403C4FA5E193@newgeo.com>

Scott Haneda <talklists@newgeo.com> writes:

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>> By the way, this mailing list accepts posts from non-subscribers, and
>> it's the policy on the list to always cc: everyone who has replied to
>> a message in that thread so far, including the original poster.  The
>> idea is that you can ask a question about git without *having* to
>> subscribe to read all the other stuff.  But of course, reading some
>> of the other stuff will make you a more competent git user pretty
>> fast, so it might be worth it anyway.
>
> Interesting, I have never once in 15+ years of mailing lists, seen a
> list work this way.  Pretty nice to not have to subscribe.  Amazing
> that there is not spam all over this list.

"Subscribers-only" lists are a fairly recent aberration.

-Miles

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