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From: Jakub Moc <jakub@g.o>
To: Grant Goodyear <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re[2]: [gentoo-dev] Email subdomain
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 02:18:57
Message-Id: 1044169158.20051119031533@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Email subdomain by Grant Goodyear
1 19.11.2005, 1:38:03, Grant Goodyear wrote:
2
3 > Incidentally, the benefit is to make users who are actively helping Gentoo
4 > feel like they're part of the family. It was decided that a straight
5 > @gentoo.org address would be confusing, though, since most people associate
6 > those addresses with developers. I'm fairly agnostic on the whole thing,
7 > myself, but since the Council voted to approve the GLEP, I was simply trying
8 > to do my best to put forth a proposal that fit within that framework.
9
10 > -g2boojum-
11
12 Uhm, no? Most people associate those addresses with people associated with
13 Gentoo, perhaps? And, most people are not interested in internal Gentoo
14 structure and workings, as well?
15
16 Before deciding on such proposals, it might be also wise to consult infra
17 people who'll have to implement and maintain such things, IMHO. And, how
18 exactly will be people having multiple roles handled here - still missing a
19 clear answer...
20
21 I'm *not* against the concept of arch testers at all, in fact I find this idea pretty
22 beneficial, but why do we need to complicate things and why do we need to
23 create third-level domain emails for that?
24
25 --
26 jakub

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Email subdomain Corey Shields <cshields@g.o>