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Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> posted |
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1184970024.8424.22.camel@××××××××××××××××.org, excerpted below, on Fri, |
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20 Jul 2007 15:20:24 -0700: |
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> gentoo-dev: This list is for technical discussion, primarily between |
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> developers, about development and development-related issues that |
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> directly affect the tree or current projects. For now, no changes are |
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> made to this list. |
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> gentoo-dev-announce: This is the announcement list for |
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> development-related stuff. Now, there's two ideas for how to run the |
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> list, that I can think of, but I'm sure there's others. |
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> - Make the list set reply-to to gentoo-dev and automatically copy any |
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> messages from this list to gentoo-dev... |
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> - Make the list *not* set *any* reply-to, nor strip it, and allow people |
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> to use the list to announce development-related stuff from *any* list... |
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> For example, if I'm about to start a discussion on possible changes to |
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> the releases, I could send a message to gentoo-dev-announce, which will |
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> start the thread, with gentoo-releng set as the reply-to. I would be |
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> responsible for making sure the email was also sent to gentoo-releng |
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> myself. |
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The latter would be nice if it would work. It might if it's restricted |
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to dev posts, but the former may be necessary. |
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> gentoo-projects: This list is for... what exactly? I've not really |
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> figured that one out just yet. I know it is supposed to be pretty much |
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> anything that doesn't fit into gentoo-dev or another project-specific |
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> list. Am I correct here? Is this what everyone thinks this list is |
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> supposed to be used for? |
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My take is that if it's gentoo devel but not tech in nature, it goes |
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there by default. The short term rule of thumb could then be post it |
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there if in doubt whether it goes here or there, and if it's posted here |
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and any dev complains, it goes there, regardless. (Once the current |
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subscription snafus get worked out, I'd hope by Monday or Tuesday at the |
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latest.) |
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By way of example, your original thread starter could have been xposted |
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here and there, with replies sent there, until a decision had been made. |
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Once a decision was reached, it would be posted to announce and here and |
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there, all three, but the pre-decision discussion would have been there |
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save the initial xposted thread starter, keeping this list spam-free for |
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those that aren't interested. Two posts here, the original question and |
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decision announcement, likely > 10 posts, maybe 100 or more if it's |
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controversial there, kept off this list. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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