Subject lines in security-dev.

Bradford Wetmore bradford.wetmore at oracle.com
Fri Apr 9 16:27:13 UTC 2010


I got zero responses on my previous email [1], so the prefix has been
removed from the security-dev mailing list:

    Subject: [security-dev 01800]: The Real subject.

Brad

[1]
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2010-January/001562.html

On 1/26/2010 12:15 PM, Brad Wetmore wrote:
> 
> Looking for opinions as to whether the current subject line format of
> the security-dev at o.j.n emails is useful:
> 
>     Subject: [security-dev 01800]: The Real subject.
> 
> I note a lot of the client (e.g. sounds, swing) lists have just the list
> name, and a lot of the server lists (e.g. tl, hotspot) don't have
> either.  security-dev is the only one doing both the list name and the
> message number.  It's not as useful as I originally thought when I
> configured it, but I could be talked into it either way.
> 
> If you have an opinion, especially for keeping it the same, let me know
> privately, no need to clutter everyone's email.  But I'm thinking I may
> just remove the topic/number.  If I see a clear/obvious preference for
> keeping one or both, I'll certainly take that into consideration.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brad
> security-dev admin
> 
> 
> 



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