Release manager feeds

[Jannis Pohlmann]

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:18:20 -0700
"Brian J. Tarricone" <brian at tarricone.org> wrote:

> On 07/24/2009 04:51 AM, Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:16:48 -0600
> > David Mohr<squisher at xfce.org>  wrote:
> >
> >> - Don't provide a link to the directory, rather to the newly
> >> released file directly
> >
> > I didn't want to break the 72 columns per line rule, so I've split
> > the URLs up into filename and download directory. No strong
> > feelings about this one.
> 
> The 1980s called.  They want their 72-col rule back.
> 
> Seriously, who always reads their mail on a 72-col terminal these
> days? (It's a rhetorical question; if anyone answers this in the 
> affirmative, I will stab you in the face... over the internet.)
> 
> >> - I'm still waiting for the email announcement, but that might as
> >> well be the mail servers...
> >
> > The release manager uses the address david at mcbf.net for sending
> > announcements. If you're not subscribed to lists with this address
> > it won't work. Do you want me to change the address? (Guess I'll
> > have to provide a way to let people edit that ...)
> 
> Urgh, that's annoying.  It should probably use a fake
> noreply at xfce.org address (which should be added to the lists' allowed
> senders), and then Reply-To set to the package maintainer.

Hmm. Isn't reply-to overwritten by mailman? Will it preserve the
original reply-to as X-Original-Reply-To?

  - Jannis
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