On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 4:30 PM Florian Weimer <f...@deneb.enyo.de> wrote: > > * Carlos O'Donell: > > > The GNU C Library main development list was pre-moderated for almost 5 > > years. During that period we moved a lot of conversations to the glibc > > help mailing list using moderation. This helped new users get started > > in a more welcoming environment. Just an example of a public technical > > FOSS list that used moderation. Most people didn't know it was > > pre-moderated. > > Interesting. When was this? This must have been at a time when > contributing to glibc was … difficult for non-technical reasons, right?
The moderation was in effect from 2008-2012. Yes, contributing to glibc was difficult at this time for non-technical reasons. Cheers, Carlos.