Moderated dev list?

[Micah J. Cowan]

On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 08:41:21AM +0200, Krzysztof Lichota wrote:
> Phillip Susi napisal(a):
> > You might want to try using a threaded mail client.  When an off 
> > topic/flamefest thread crops up, simply ignore it.
> 
> Yeah, like with "Mono required by ubuntu-desktop" thread which started
> as mono discussion and ended up as everything else (some things pretty
> interesting)?
> 
> 	Krzysztof Lichota

Krzystof brings up a good issue: you can "killfile" or ignore a thread.
When a thread breaks up into various topical/nontopical subthreads, it's
more difficult.

And, as to "gentle notifications", that's the current system in place,
and doesn't seem effective enough, IMHO.

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Micah J. Cowan
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