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[Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Robert Collins
<robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Jonathan Lange <jml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> When requests for help come to the public list, it's nice to know
>> whether external contributors can act on them. Otherwise, the list
>> becomes just a way of communicating internally, in the open.
>
> That seems like a good thing to achieve; just because its internal
> doesn't mean it should be hidden. Of course *private* / *sensitive*
> and other similar things should not be in the open.
>
> Ubuntu has a -very- strong culture of discussing in the open
> everything that can be discussed in the open, and its something I
> think Launchpad should aspire to.
>

The emphasis is on "just".

I agree that Launchpad should aspire to discussing everything openly
that can be discussed so. The alternative I'm proposing is not to keep
this stuff internal and secret. The alternative I'm proposing is that
when a message is only intended for internal folk, that the message
explicitly say so. It's a simple courtesy.

I'm not asking for a subject tag or a policy. Just an awareness that
we external contributors are here. Messages like the original post
imply that we are not.

jml