Re: Subject Prefixes

On Thu, May 23, 2024, at 17:40, Bilge wrote: > Unless someone is going to write out definitions for tags, including when we should(n't) > use them, I agree with Derick; they're just useless cruft. I only added them because everyone > else was doing it (lol). > > Bilge > > On Thu, 23 May 2024, 16:28 Rob Landers, <rob@bottled.codes> wrote: >> __ >> On Thu, May 23, 2024, at 16:50, Derick Rethans wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> I've noticed that lately, people are adding a [Discussion] prefix to new >>> threads to this list. That seems rather superfluous, as this is a >>> *discussion* mailing list. >>> >>> RFCs require us to use [RFC] and [Vote] to stand out, but please let us >>> proliferate additional ones. >>> >>> The normal subject text should be enough. >>> >>> This is more useful where display space (like on phones) is small, so >>> the subject is more easily seen. >>> >>> cheers, >>> Derick >>> >> >> I rather like the discussion prefix. It seems to be used when people are considering an RFC >> and feeling things out. >> >> — Rob I suspect it is the wording on the RFC how-to where it provides a specific subject template for each step, but not for the discussion. Thus “any” subject is acceptable and it follows that you’d probably use a similar subject template to mark a thread as a discussion over a vote. It might be worth clarifying the subject in 4.3. — Rob