Re: [Libusb-devel] Our mailing lists

[Peter S. <pe...@st...>]

Ethan Dicks wrote:
> I don't see a problem with lack of content in the subject lines and
> I'm on enough mailing lists that I don't find "[Libusb-devel]"
> annoyingly redundant.

The redundant part is that it's there on every mail to the list. :)


> > IMO it's been broke for a long time, but of course by now we're all
> > used to it. Possibly there is a way for you to use (other) headers
> > to identify libusb email?
> 
> For me, using headers means setting up filters, in which case, I will
> probably bin all libusb-devel traffic since I would have to go
> somewhere other than my inbox to deal with it.

What I personally do is look at list-recipient. I understand that not
all mail programs can show that, but maybe they have other ways to
mark email, so that it still has a distinct look where you want it to
be.


> I am against the change, but as long as I can see a specific string in
> every subject line that tells me what list the message is from, I'll
> live with it.

Thanks for the input!


> I subscribe to over a dozen technical mailing lists.

Yes, me too.


> The standard is "[listname]" at the front of the subject.

It's a de-facto standard only because it is the default setting in
mailman, not because every list administrator and list subscriber
has opted-in.


> I use the tag to prioritize what to read and what to delete unread
> based on the rest of the subject line.  The tag helps give me
> context to evaluate the relevance of that subject.

Nod. I find subjects alone don't work too well, because discussions
often change along the way. But sure, if the subject is the only data
you can use very easily then I understand that the context matters.


> So, please don't change it, but if you must, at least leave
> "libusb" on the subject line.

Hopefully more people will say if they absolutely can't go without
the prefix.


//Peter