[coreboot] r3213 - trunk/payloads/libpayload/include

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 07.04.2008 23:30, Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 11:16:45PM +0200, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>   
>>>>>> Btw, could the SVN checkin list be set up with a followup-to: header?
>>>>>>             
> ..
>   
>> We are not talking about the list, but about the mails generated by
>> svn.
>>     
>
> Ah, ok.
>
>
>   
>> They have "From: svn at coreboot.org" and it would be nice if
>> replies to svn commit mails ended up on the list.
>>     
>
> I really like to point out the list-reply command, but for those who
> still lack list-reply in their mailers (Thunderbird has a plugin[1])
> a Mail-Followup-To with the list address could be added to those
> messages (and those messages only) before they're sent to the list.
>   

I vehemently oppose Mail-Followup-To: for svn mails. It has never
reached official RFC status and the abandoned(!) RFC draft for it
(draft-ietf-drums-mail-followup-to-00) explicitly specifies: 'The
"Mail-Followup-To" contains a suggestion to the recipient of where to
send group replies'. This means the purpose of Mail-Followup-To: is
explicitly not intended for mails where a reply should always go to an
address different from the one in the From: header.


>>> Please see
>>> http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html
>>> http://cr.yp.to/proto/replyto.html (also covers Mail-Followup-To)
>>>       
>> Does not apply. See above.
>>     
>
> Still does I think, both pages mention how and when the various
> headers are supposed to be used, and when not to use them.
>   

Both sites are very careful not to point to actual RFCs for their
arguments and the second site fails to mention that Mail-Followup-To: is
an abandoned effort. IMO Mail-Followup-To: has a value similar to that
of JScript (yes, the Microsoft JavaScript Frankenstein monster).


> [1] http://alumnit.ca/wiki/index.php?page=ReplyToListThunderbirdExtension
>   

Thanks for the pointer, but unfortunately this does not work for
seamonkey. Besides that, I like getting copies of mails I should read.


Regards,
Carl-Daniel