[Mailman-Developers] GSOC Project Discussion

[Richard Wackerbarth]

On May 18, 2013, at 12:29 AM, "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:
> I don't contest that there are strong similarities between a "list of
> moderators" and a "mailing list of subscribers".  What I'm saying is
> that they're not the same, there are several variations on the theme,
> and we must strongly consider deriving them from a more general type.

>>> I don't think this will fit users' models of the moderator and owner
>>> roles.  Mailing lists have moderators, not an auto-generated
>>> associated mailing list containing only the moderators.
>> 
>> That all depends on how you present it, not on how you implement
>> it.  IIRC, the list of moderators is a roster, just like the
>> subscribers.  A different template can make two rosters appear to
>> be quite different.
> 
> The developers are users too, though.  I think the implementation, not
> just the presentation, should correspond to our notions of "what
> things are."

Yes. But, as you note, "what things are" can be viewed as two cases of a "distribution list".
And that conceptual object can include more of the characteristics of a mailing list than just "a roster".

It is often useful to look for similarities rather than differences.

> Steve