[Mageia-dev] what's the purpose of this list ?

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> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:32 AM, nicolas vigier <boklm at mars-attacks.org>
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 03 Apr 2013, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
>>
>>> Le 03/04/2013 07:59, Oliver Burger a écrit :
>>>> 2013/4/2 Guillaume Rousse <guillomovitch at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:guillomovitch at gmail.com>>
>>>>  > Since a few days, I'm getting mail through this list. But given
>>>> their
>>>> content, I don't any added value to keep it separated from the main
>>>> mageia-dev one...
>>>>
>>>> It's not a list, it's the contact address for packagers team listed
>>>> here: https://www.mageia.org/en/contact/
>>> Let's rephrase my question then: what the point of a public contact
>>> address
>>> for packagers team ? Who is supposed to send what ?
>>
>> In most cases people should only use the mailing lists.
>>
>> They probably use it instead of the mailing list because it is easier to
>> find it on the contact page linked from the menu. And they don't read
>> the text saying that they should use the mailing list.
>>
>> So I think those addresses should be removed from the contact page, or
>> at least the mailing lists should be easier to find.
>>
>
> Maybe this contact address can be forwarded to the mailing list, or
> does it require people to be subscribed?
>

what about an automated reply saying that you should subscribe to ml for
packagers team?