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180109 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: |
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> During the last Gentoo council meeting, the decision was made |
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> to implement changes to the gentoo-dev mailing list [1]. |
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> These changes affect only the gentoo-dev mailing list |
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> and will come into effect on 23 January 2018. |
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> |
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> * Subscribing to the list and receiving list mail remains as it is now. |
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> * Posting to the list will only be possible to Gentoo developers and |
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> whitelisted additional participants. |
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> * Whitelisting requires that one developer vouches for you. We intend this |
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> to be as unbureaucratic as possible. |
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> * Obviously, repeated off-topic posting as well as behaviour against the |
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> Code of Conduct [2] will lead to revocation of the posting permission. |
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> |
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> If, as a non-developer, you want to participate in a discussion |
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> on gentoo-dev, |
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> - either reply directly to the author of a list mail and ask him/her to |
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> forward your message, |
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> - or ask any Gentoo developer of your choice to get you whitelisted. |
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> [1] https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20171210-summary.txt |
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> [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/Code_of_conduct |
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I'm very sorry that Council approved this proposal |
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& hope that it will soon see sense & rescind it. |
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As an ordinary user since 2003, I've subscribed to user + dev lists |
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& have rarely encountered bad behaviour on either : |
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it looks as if a sledge-hammer is being used to crack a nut. |
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I followed the recent discussion here, but didn't offer comment, |
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as there seemed to be little rationale or evidence behind the proposal |
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& I didn't expect Council to pay any attention. |
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That said, I would like to be able to offer my views on the dev list, |
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which is likely to be rarely & will always be polite, |
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as I have done occasionally during the past 15 years . |
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Is one of the devs willing to sponsor me ? |
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