From: Miles Bader Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:55:17 GMT Subject: Re: Is this an appropriate list for general git questions Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <0D0DD5C5-B535-49AC-B0A9-403C4FA5E193@newgeo.com> Scott Haneda writes: >> 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 -- Logic, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding.