From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (mailsrv.cs.umass.edu [128.119.240.136]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF8FB3858D31 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:11:04 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org BF8FB3858D31 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cs.umass.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=moss@cs.umass.edu Received: from [192.168.0.4] (c-24-62-203-86.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.62.203.86]) by mailsrv.cs.umass.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 66169400F0B3; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:11:04 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu Subject: Re: Two naive questions To: Bill Stewart , cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20200417174902.GA32412@iguana.crashland.org> <169450016.20200417211620@yandex.ru> <20200420172017.GA17660@iguana.crashland.org> From: Eliot Moss Message-ID: <1e52a858-730d-8982-c9a3-3c2c78e0a154@cs.umass.edu> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:11:02 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:11:05 -0000 On 4/20/2020 1:41 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: > This exact problem is one of the main reasons why many organizations > prefer a web-based forum rather than a mailing list. (NNTP is a > possibility, but many [most?] organizations block NNTP access for > content management and security reasons.) One of the other main > reasons a web-based forum is preferable is that participants don't > have to store/delete irrelevant messages. Definitely not intending to start a controversy, but maybe cygwin could switch to a bug tracker sort of system for dealing with issues and questions ... Regards - Eliot