On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 09:30:36PM +0100, Dirkjan Ochtman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 12:18 AM, Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > 1. Posting to gentoo-dev@ and gentoo-project@ mailing lists will be > > initially restricted to active Gentoo developers. > > > > 1a. Subscription (reading) and archives will still be open. > > > > 1b. Active Gentoo contributors will be able to obtain posting access > > upon being vouched for by an active Gentoo developer. > > > > On the face of it, I like this proposal. On the other hand, wouldn't it be > better if we just had more active list moderators? That is, moderators who > move problematic user's posts to moderated by default, and then withhold > the specific posts if necessary?
I prefer this approach, I'm not in favor of closing -dev and -project. However, I don't see anything wrong with putting specific users on moderation for a while as long as the mailing list software we have can support doing this. > > 2. A new mailing list 'gentoo-expert' will be formed to provide > > a discussion medium for expert Gentoo users and developers. > > > > 2a. gentoo-expert will have open posting access like gentoo-dev has now. > > > > I'm not sure this will be worth it. Who exactly do you think is the > audience for this mailing list? What is the goal? How is it different from > existing mailing lists? In particular, how is it different from gentoo-user? There's nothing stopping devs from subscribing there. Thanks, William
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