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 Given that maintainers can undo superseded status, I think it should be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 ok to allow setting superseded-by to all users.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

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