<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Count me in - completely agree with Viktor. I’ve created my share of GitHub issues, and in the past contributed a few patches - guess, it means my participation was somewhat useful for the project. <div><br></div><div>I practically never participate in somebody else’s GitHub issues. But I did answer a few questions here (and asked a lot more ;). </div><div><br></div><div style="direction: ltr;">If the (idiotic) decision to close this list does get implemented, I’m probably switch to another library altogether (thank God für Botan and WolfSSL, among others). </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for listening. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Regards,<div>Uri</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Contrary to what Stephen said: if you’re a member of this list and do not want it to go away - please don’t worry about the spam factor and send a “+1” reply back to the list. Otherwise, “they” just won’t get it, it seems. </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 19, 2023, at 19:52, Viktor Dukhovni <openssl-users@dukhovni.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 07:20:43AM +1000, Tim Hudson wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>You should go to https://github.com/openssl/openssl and click on Watch now</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>- selecting "All Activity".</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>I, for one, am not going to do that. If someone wants to ask questions</span><br><span>on Github, they're welcome to get answers from those who are immersed in</span><br><span>and productive in Github as a communication medium. It isn't a medium</span><br><span>that works for me.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>- if you won't go to GitHub regularly and simply want to see things in</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>email, then you should be watching GitHub issues as you are missing</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the majority of the interactions</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>See above. I am not looking to participate in all the Github issues, a</span><br><span>different community of volunteers will help the users who want to ask</span><br><span>their questions there. Meanwhile, I'm willing to learn from and</span><br><span>contribute to the discussion on this list.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>We are seeking input on this potential change if you are currently</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>actively contributing on openssl-users mailing list discussion and *you*</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>*believe such a change would substantially reduce your participation in*</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>*the project*.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>Yes, such a change would reduce my participation in answering user</span><br><span>questions or learning from answers given by others. Ideally, users</span><br><span>asking for general help (as opposed to reporting bugs, ...) would be</span><br><span>encouraged to post here, but it seems that's not how those who hang</span><br><span>out on Github see it.</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>There are people pointing out they prefer email - but the majority of those</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>people who have responded so far are also watching GitHub issues and are</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>also responding to GitHub issues.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>FWIW, I am not among them. Some Github issues and pull requests are</span><br><span>brought to my attention, and then I may participate in *that* Github</span><br><span>issue or pull request, but otherwise, I can be found here and not on</span><br><span>Github, unless directly pinged on a specific issue or PR.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span> Viktor.</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>