Timeline for Why do some big projects, like Git and Debian, only use a mailing list and not an issue tracker?
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| Oct 19, 2017 at 18:44 | comment | added | Maja Piechotka | "No need to create a separate account for each forum." - often to prevent spam you need to sign up for list. But that subscribes to all emails. So you need to subscribe AND opt out from 'spam' AND add request to keep you in CC or TO. Compared with a bugzilla it's much more to do. | |
| Jul 31, 2015 at 11:16 | comment | added | Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com | Correction: keeps 25 year olds out. Only recently did I learn how those mailing lists things work to contribute to some real projects. And I hate it!! | |
| May 10, 2015 at 0:28 | comment | added | Roman Starkov | The disadvantage mentioned in this answer actually fundamentally precludes me from sticking with most dev mail lists. They send through everything, so after reporting a bug I usually unsubscribe a mere two weeks later. Bugtrackers nicely solve this problem by letting me subscribe to specific bug reports. | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 17:16 | comment | added | Hello World | Note: I used "web forums" and "web based issue trackers" interchangeably because the answer is suitable for both. | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 7:01 | history | edited | Hello World | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 17, 2014 at 7:01 | comment | added | Hello World | Thank you. But does this justify a downvote? The main topic of this answer is the advantages of a ML, and it answers the original question rather well. I have removed the "web forums" rant. | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 6:51 | comment | added | gnat | why do people insist on creating web based versions to track issues (BTW this question is not about everything) is discussed in another question: Getting users to write decent and useful bug reports "User-editable online bug reports are the most efficient way to teach users improve..." | |
| Sep 17, 2014 at 6:11 | history | edited | Hello World | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 17, 2014 at 5:56 | history | answered | Hello World | CC BY-SA 3.0 |