On Thu, 08 Nov 2012, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 08 nov 12, 00:20:20, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > > > > A few days ago I spoke with Zack about this problem. He suggested again > > to change the request procedure: instead of sending an email to a > > private address, open a bug report. This would let requester at least > > know that their request has been delivered. Moreover, anyone could fix > > any of these bugs, adding the request, or writing notes on the bug > > report. > > I'm still convinced that a mailing list manager with a custom > subscription form and some hooks would be more suitable for the job: > > - the partner[1] fills the subscription form with his data > - the frontend then subscribes the partner to the corresponding mailing > list and creates the webwml snippet (maybe one file per partner for > easy addition/deletion?) > - if necessary the mailing list can be configured to require > subscription approval by a "moderator" and/or e-mail verification with > a custom message > - periodic pings are then just messages sent to the list ;) > - deleting a partner is then a matter of unsubscribing from the list > - changes are rare (and minor) enough to be handled directly in CVS
Better to just file a bug in the BTS and do all of this there with a form. It can even use the current www.debian.org pseudopackage with an appropriate usertag so it gets filtered out. For example: To: sub...@bugs.debian.org From: yourname Subject: Please add consultant <your name> Package: www.debian.org Severity: wishlist User: www.debian.org Usertags: consultants # Consultant: COUNTRYTLD # email checked on YYYY-MM-DD <p> <name Your Name> <company Your Company> <address Your address <country-name COUNTRYTLD>> <phone +1 PhoneNumber> <fax +1 PhoneNumber> <email em...@example.com scramble="no"> <rates Your rates.> <URL "http://www.example.com";> </p> will pretty much do it, and should make it pretty dang easy to add new consultants. Don Armstrong -- If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. -- Steven Wright http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-www-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121108230053.gf11...@rzlab.ucr.edu
