Re: Could you help to add the tag/keyword in mail list title?

[Charles Wyble <charles@thewybles.com>]

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Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Charles,
> 
>>>> There is no tag like [Ofono dev] in the title of this mail list
>>> and that is on purpose!
>>>
>>> I know that for Exchange/Outlook users this must be painful, but I can't
>>> stand these tags that are meaningless anyway. Just automatically sort
>>> the mailing into a subfolder.
>> Um. Don't presume that someone is using proprietary software just 
>> because they ask for a tag. That's a really horrible attitude in my mind.
>>
>> Some of us have all e-mail come to our inbox for linear reading. I would 
>> also like to see a tag added to the subject.
> 
> if you like to do that, then that is your choice. Why don't you do your
> tagging inside Thuderbird then?

I read e-mail via my blackberry as well.


> 
>> It's unfortunate that an open source project outright refuses a request 
>> instead of attempting to work with it's members and reach a compromise.
>>
>> The attitude of several posts so far have been rather condescending, and 
>> as such I don't have high hopes for this project.
>>
>> Hopefully more refined members of the project at the various corporate 
>> sponsors will step in and set things right. I realize that many 
>> engineers have substantial problems relating to ideas/approaches outside 
>> their way of thinking, and as such often need handlers. Hopefully those 
>> handlers will emerge here and get this project on the right track.
> 
> If you wanna start a flame-war then please find a different mailing
> list.

I'm not trying to start a flame war. I'm trying to open up engineers 
mindset to alternative approaches. It's something that often needs to be 
done and leads to a better project.

> 
> We have to deal with cross-postings eventually and therefore, this
> mailing list will not have tags in the subject line.

Well that's a reasonable argument and one I can accept.  :)