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:
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>> 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
