[Mailman-Developers] Patch for Mail Archive mirroring

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

>>>>> "JC" == JC Dill <lists05 at equinephotoart.com> writes:

    JC> I personally don't see it as being a significant endorsement.
    JC> AIUI, it's a patch that allows 2 software programs to work
    JC> well together.

My understanding is that the programs already work well together; you
just type "archive at mail-archive.org" into "Mass Subscribe", hit
"Submit" and you're there.  The patch changes this to "one-click," ie,
advertises the Mail Archive as part of the ordinary configuration
process.  This is very different from patching the docs to explain
that the Mail Archive is an alternative / supplement to pipermail,
MHonArc, or Gmane.

>From a technical standpoint, I'm all for it (subject to the "defaults
to OFF" policy).  Archiving is a sore point with all the MLMs; giving
admins another easy-to-install option is a plus.  But from a support
and PR standpoint, I think it does constitute an endorsement.

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