Sam Darwin via Mailman-users writes:
Notice the repeated use of the word "default" (which is a great word, by the way). This creates confusion:
To be honest, while backward compatibility as such is not an issue (it's documentation, and you don't propose a change in runtime behavior), I don't see confusion worth making work and possible confusion for the translators of over 30 languages. For example, in Japanese, some of the dictionary translations of "standard" do not have the same connotation of "modifiable" that those for "default" do. But the translators are language specialists, and do not necessarily have the knowledge of Mailman necessary to make such fine distinctions.
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