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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Upcoming posting restrictions on the gentoo-dev mailing list
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:55:30
Message-Id: 1515578120.1284.5.camel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Upcoming posting restrictions on the gentoo-dev mailing list by Matt Turner
1 W dniu wto, 09.01.2018 o godzinie 17∶08 -0800, użytkownik Matt Turner
2 napisał:
3 > On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@g.o> wrote:
4 > > During the last Gentoo council meeting, the decision was made to implement
5 > > changes to the gentoo-dev mailing list [1].
6 > >
7 > > These changes affect only the gentoo-dev mailing list, and will come into
8 > > effect on 23 January 2018.
9 > >
10 > > * Subscribing to the list and receiving list mail remains as it is now.
11 > > * Posting to the list will only be possible to Gentoo developers and
12 > > whitelisted additional participants.
13 > > * Whitelisting requires that one developer vouches for you. We intend this
14 > > to be as unbureaucratic as possible.
15 > > * Obviously, repeated off-topic posting as well as behaviour against the
16 > > Code of Conduct [2] will lead to revocation of the posting permission.
17 > >
18 > > If, as a non-developer, you want to participate in a discussion on
19 > > gentoo-dev,
20 > > - either reply directly to the author of a list mail and ask him/her to
21 > > forward your message,
22 > > - or ask any Gentoo developer of your choice to get you whitelisted.
23 > >
24 > > If, as a developer, you want to have someone whitelisted, please comment on
25 > > bug 644070 [3]. Similar to Bugzilla editbugs permission, if you are vouching
26 > > for a contributor you are expected to keep an eye on their activity.
27 >
28 > It seems like the obvious way this fails is some Gentoo developer acks
29 > one of the problem people. I don't think that's particularly unlikely.
30 > Then what do we do?
31 >
32
33 Then it becomes comrel business.
34
35 --
36 Best regards,
37 Michał Górny

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