Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> writes: > Given that maintainers can undo superseded status, I think it should be > ok to allow setting superseded-by to all users.
OK, this will be in the next iteration. > It also helps that Org > mailing list is moderated, so we do not risk being spammed by bad actors > abusing the command system. That's one of the benefits of tracker-above-ml, you get that for free. > Allowing mundane tasks like superseding will also make retrospective > ingestion of mailing lists easier - one will not need to add every > single past maintainer/moderator to the configuration. However, you will still need to track the lifespan of maintainers in order to reproduce their commands, so there is no real benefit here. > For anonymous mailing lists, things may be trickier in this regard. > An alternative option could be some kind of confirmation system when > status set by non-moderators should be explicitly confirmed before > taking effect. Something akin mailing list moderation system on gnu lists. I'm reluctant to go into that direction, I don't want to add more confirmation indirection, that makes the system to difficult to learn. I'll ping the list when I implemented this and rebuilt the tracker database. -- Bastien
