On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 01:11:22PM -0400, Ross Mohn wrote: > That highlights my frustration with the new definitions for the mailing > lists. I am a hacker/developer and really only ask a question when I > need a little help hacking on the code. As you can see, my question led > me to submit the patched solution in the same email thread. The changed > definitions "keep the development out of the endless support threads on > dev@ and development more enjoyable." My question was a development > question, not a support question, and therefore was more appropriately > discussed on hackers@. Why "support" is discussed on "dev[elopment]" and > not on a new support@ list is still beyond me, but I'll get over it as > soon as Marc shows up on hackers@. :-)
Discussions on hackers@ always start with a patch. Your first email had no patch attached. Renaming dev@ to misc@ or support@ is not practical due to the number of people subscribed on the dev@ list.
