From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Bader Subject: Re: Is this an appropriate list for general git questions Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:55:17 +0900 Message-ID: References: <5C4288BC-B87E-41CB-B3CB-90122098B7E9@newgeo.com> <32541b131003211736t823ea8cye7ab4075fa8ccdd5@mail.gmail.com> <0D0DD5C5-B535-49AC-B0A9-403C4FA5E193@newgeo.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Avery Pennarun , git@vger.kernel.org To: Scott Haneda X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Mar 29 07:55:44 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nw7wt-0006zy-Dv for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:55:43 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750884Ab0C2Fz1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:55:27 -0400 Received: from TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.193]:37220 "EHLO tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750753Ab0C2Fz0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:55:26 -0400 Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id o2T5tJEL019641; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:55:19 +0900 (JST) Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:55:19 +0900 Received: from dhlpc061 ([10.114.112.30] [10.114.112.30]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:55:19 +0900 Received: by dhlpc061 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 7F75752E26A; Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:55:18 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <0D0DD5C5-B535-49AC-B0A9-403C4FA5E193@newgeo.com> (Scott Haneda's message of "Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:07:09 -0700") Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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.