On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 14:00, Weston Houghton wrote:
> This worries me somewhat. I do not have a CVS account. I do not 
> actively develop and contribute to the PHP sourcecode right now, 
> however my company uses php very very much. I would like to keep up to 
> date on what is happening with the development team and figuring out 
> what directions they are leaning and why. And if I want to contribute 
> code down the road, I would like to be able to.
> 
> So, I don't have a cvs account right now, and I don't need one, but if 
> it were required to be on the list, then I would not be able to be on 
> the list.
> 
> I'd appreciate not having that requirement myself.

You could be on a list of pre-allowed posters.  also note, this is only
a write requirement, reading is completely free.

-Sterling

> 
> Wes
> 
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 01:53  PM, Marcus Börger wrote:
> 
> >
> >> A couple thoughts....
> >>
> >> Aside from renaming the php-dev list, we should remove the 'PHP and 
> >> Zend Engine internals lists' from the regular mailing list page, put 
> >> them in a 'developers' section (name isn't important) that describes 
> >> cvs access, dev email lists, how to build (ie. win32 libraries), etc.
> >
> > I guess this is the solution!
> >
> >> Then another item that might be considered if it is not already done, 
> >> allowing posts only from those that have cvs access.
> >
> > Hm, i don't know. I for one directly contacted rasmus as he was the 
> > developer mentioned in the sources
> > in which i found and corrected errors when i started working here. 
> > However i guess not all of us started
> > this way, did we?
> >
> >> A second conditional list of allowed posters can be added that are 
> >> people who do not have cvs access, but we want to allow to post.
> >
> > That would be a minimum requirenment....
> >
> >> Otherwise, the list can be readable by all.
> >
> > Dito.
> >
> >> A post rejected message could tell them to try a different email 
> >> list, but if they really feel the email is for the dev list
> >
> > I already did this proposal but it was declined...
> >
> >> , send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it will be reviewed by someone when they 
> >> get the time.
> >
> > Round robin list? Everyone in php-dev has to take care for some days?
> >
> > regards
> > marcus
> >
> >
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