Request to reconfigure the list with [xorg] in subject line

[Luc Verhaegen]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 04:06:00PM -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 12:59:50PM -0800, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> > On 2007-12-03 21:30+0100 Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> > >
> > > There is constant header:
> > >
> > > List-Id: Discuss issues related to the xorg tree <xorg.lists.freedesktop.org>
> > > Filter by that.
> > 
> > That works for automatic filtering, but is not nearly as convenient for
> > filtering by humans as a simple descriptor in the subject line.  I assume
> > that is why most lists have such a subject-line descriptor enabled.  So I
> > renew my request that this list conform to that convention.
> 
> I doubt you'll win, though I can see both sides.
> 
> procmail can be convinced to do what you want.
> 
> Most lists have such tags because they're for civilians, who can't be
> assumed to have reasonable MUA processing available to them.  So in a
> perverse sort of way, it's a compliment.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra

Ah... I just missed most of this thread because my manual processing is 
not good enough.

I would very much prefer [xorg] in front of everything. This would make 
me personally, with my inbox == TODO list kind of mail handling, much 
happier. Although i do tend to be quite good at author/subject based 
sorting, i've had quite a bit of practice, it is not perfect, and in 
this case the xorg bit fell off the end of my console.

The most important reason is this: this change would mean that Xorg 
would become slightly less chauvinistic. Most projects i track do have 
[] in front, the only exceptions being lkml and some x related lists. 
Maybe it would be good if we stepped off our pedestal and acted like a 
normal open source project.

Luc Verhaegen.
SUSE/Novell X Driver Developer.