Re: Any concrete plans after the GDB BoF?

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:31:33 +0400
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>, mark@klomp.org,
> 	aburgess@redhat.com, luis.machado@arm.com, simark@simark.ca,
> 	gdb@sourceware.org
> 
> > So if good support for email is not a requirement, we need to consider
> > the consequences of basically abandoning email entirely.
> 
> FTAOD, I am not saying that we must abandon email.

I didn't say you did.

> I understand what everyone is saying, and I understand the benefits
> of email. But aren't we allowing our own experience to unfairly bias
> the list of requirements?

I just mentioned the result of switching to the web interface.  I
didn't say we shouldn't switch, and it is not my place to make the
decision anyway.  I just provided a data point that those who do
decide should consider.  Whether it shifts the balance in one or the
other direction is a separate discussion.

> Rather than say "email is nice because it provides those nice
> properties" therefore "let's keep emails", I think we should say
> "let's investigate any solution that preserve the nice properties",
> including those that don't do via email. Otherwise, you're putting
> the cart before the horses.

Sure, I'm not against that method.