[Ironruby-core] Reply to list ... caving to popular demand

[M. David Peterson]

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:58:50 -0600, Charles Oliver Nutter  
<charles.nutter at sun.com> wrote:

> it encourages
> *public* discussion, which is what OSS thrives on.

True, though it also encourages off-topic discussions to take place  
off-list.  I can think of countless times in which an off-topic  
conversation was both started and continued on list due to the simple fact  
that replying directly to list was easier than was composing a new email,  
copying over all relavent information, and continuing.

Of course this is the exception to the rule, but there are other points to  
consider,

* People who have been Cc'd who are not on the list can take part in the  
conversation if the list server is configured to forward responses to a  
topic from folks originally Cc'd from a list member.

	* In this particular case I would venture to state that there are enough  
situations in which internal MSFT employees or external library developers  
will have need to participate in a conversation and yet forcing them to go  
through the sign-up process to take part in a single conversation is a bit  
much to expect.

Personally I would think that this topic requires a bit more conversation  
before the final switch has been flip.

Anybody care to +/-|counter/support the above and/or add additional  
reasons why it makes sense to use a more open reply/response type  
configuration?

-- 
/M:D

M. David Peterson
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