Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 24DBADC39 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:54:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 63168 invoked by uid 500); 13 Aug 2012 12:54:51 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-users-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 63094 invoked by uid 500); 13 Aug 2012 12:54:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-users-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-users@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 63084 invoked by uid 99); 13 Aug 2012 12:54:51 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:54:51 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [87.194.255.144] (HELO honeysuckle.london.02.net) (87.194.255.144) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:54:45 +0000 Received: from scottsonline.org.uk (78.105.254.41) by honeysuckle.london.02.net (8.5.140) id 4FFD965400914BC2 for ooo-users@incubator.apache.org; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:54:22 +0100 Received: from [192.168.0.9] (spock.scotts [192.168.0.9]) by scottsonline.org.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7DCsLPZ092594 for ; Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:54:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mike@scottsonline.org.uk) Message-ID: <5028F8FD.60700@scottsonline.org.uk> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:54:21 +0100 From: Mike Scott User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120714 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Scooter's Rant of the month References: <50281DDD.2010006@scootersdesk.com> <20120813123215.GA4558@localhost.sonyvaio> In-Reply-To: <20120813123215.GA4558@localhost.sonyvaio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.73 on 192.168.0.1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 13/08/12 13:32, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 07:08:32AM -0500, Caesar wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:19:25 -0400, Scooter C >> wrote Re Scooter's Rant of the month: >> >>> I'm not impressed with Apache Foundation. >> >> +1 on that. >> >> As an example to support that impression, note the operation of this >> list server; e.g. people who are not members are allowed to post >> questions, but since they are not members they cannot see the answers >> to their questions. > > There was a thread about rejecting those mails, there was even > a "Moderation Rejection Experiment" > http://markmail.org/thread/ukrbtqysmejax5q6 but I don't recall in what > ended all these things. May be the list moderators can tell. I think that thread postdates the start of the 'apache era'. I recall in the OOo days there were over-frequent discussions about disallowing non-member postings. But arguments were put both ways, no consensus could ever be reached, and by default the status quo persisted - to allow unrestricted posting. -- Mike Scott Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: ooo-users-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: ooo-users-help@incubator.apache.org