Re: [gentoo-dev] Email subdomain

[Grant Goodyear]

Jakub Moc wrote: [Fri Nov 18 2005, 06:07:48PM CST]
>
> 19.11.2005, 0:58:29, Grant Goodyear wrote:
>
> > My preference is that the subdomain chosen should succinctly reflect
> > the role that arch testers serve.  My personal preference would be
> > to choose something like "aide", "helper", "assistant", or something
> > similar. (Indeed, I'd have preferred "volunteer" if it weren't for
> > the niggling fact that we're all volunteers.)

> Once again - I don't know if it's not been clear enough so far, from
> the replies on this topic: I don't have time nor desire to dig out
> somewhere on the web what's the correct email I should use to contact
> someone... there are about 200 more or less active Gentoo devs around
> and the last thing I need is to ponder upon what project/role that
> particular person is on. What's the benefit?

Perhaps you should re-read the GLEP?  Or the log from the last two
Council meetings?  Nobody is suggesting that devs should have their
e-mail addresses changed to foo@××××××××××××××××.org.  The issue is what
e-mail address to give people who are helping out Gentoo but not
actually devs.  Since these people are not going to be maintaining
packages, it seems unlikely that you're going to have to spend all that
much time trying to figure out how to contact them; just hit "r" like
you would with any other user.

Incidentally, the benefit is to make users who are actively helping
Gentoo feel like they're part of the family.  It was decided that a
straight @gentoo.org address would be confusing, though, since most
people associate those addresses with developers.  I'm fairly agnostic
on the whole thing, myself, but since the Council voted to approve the
GLEP, I was simply trying to do my best to put forth a proposal that fit
within that framework.

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