https://redmine.documentfoundation.org/https://redmine.documentfoundation.org/favicon.ico?16960560022015-11-26T13:53:27ZThe Document Foundation RedmineInfrastructure - Task #1642: Allow attachments on the Design mailing listhttps://redmine.documentfoundation.org/issues/1642?journal_id=75412015-11-26T13:53:27ZFlorian Effenbergerfloeff@documentfoundation.org
<ul></ul><p>TDF mailing lists don't allow attachments for a reason :-)<br />We offered hosting either at Freedesktop with attachments or at TDF without attachments, and the choice was for TDF and no attachments<br />Any chance of using e.g. the ownCloud repository?</p>
<p>If you let us know what is needed we surely can find some solution. :)</p> Infrastructure - Task #1642: Allow attachments on the Design mailing listhttps://redmine.documentfoundation.org/issues/1642?journal_id=76112015-12-02T05:28:30ZSamuel Mehrbrodts.mehrbrodt@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>Florian Effenberger wrote:</p>
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<p>TDF mailing lists don't allow attachments for a reason :-)<br />We offered hosting either at Freedesktop with attachments or at TDF without attachments, and the choice was for TDF and no attachments</p>
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<p>May I ask what that reason is?</p>
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<p>Any chance of using e.g. the ownCloud repository?</p>
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<p>Well, I care mostly about arbitrary people sending their proposals to our list. We always need to tell them that their attachments got stripped off. I know it has always been that way, and there might be reasons, but I would expect a <strong>design</strong> mailing list to accept attachments :)</p> Infrastructure - Task #1642: Allow attachments on the Design mailing listhttps://redmine.documentfoundation.org/issues/1642?journal_id=76122015-12-02T08:05:18ZFlorian Effenbergerfloeff@documentfoundation.org
<ul></ul><p>Hi,</p>
<p>The Document Foundation Redmine wrote on 2015-12-02 at 07:28:</p>
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<p>TDF mailing lists don't allow attachments for a reason :-)<br />We offered hosting either at Freedesktop with attachments or at TDF<br />without attachments, and the choice was for TDF and no attachments</p>
<p>May I ask what that reason is?</p>
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<p>the current archive system is not properly tested for attachments, as we <br />excluded them from day one. Then, every once in a while people ask for <br />removal of their e-mails, which I think will only get worse with <br />attachments and is a nightmare in terms of actually purging data (can be <br />up to 30 minutes per single purged e-mail, depending on the details). <br />Third, it would open up another file repository next to wiki and <br />ownCloud which has its disadvantages as well. Nothing that is <br />unsolvable, but those were the reasons why we disallowed attachments <br />from day one.</p>
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<p>Well, I care mostly about arbitrary people sending their proposals to<br />our list. We always need to tell them that their attachments got<br />stripped off. I know it has always been that way, and there might be<br />reasons, but I would expect a <strong>design</strong> mailing list to accept attachments :)</p>
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<p>I do see your point of course, which is why we raised it before the list <br />was setup, and the answer was no attachments are needed. :-)</p>
<p>What do others on the list think, has there been a change in these views?</p>
<p>We need to touch a couple of components and factor in time for that, so <br />it would be great to understand if there has been changed idea that's <br />shared by all the design team so we can decide how to proceed.</p>