Like mentioned previously, requiring someone to subscribe to a list to submit a story is not good. I can't think of a good solution for that.
nick On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Joey Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to reopen the discussion of the Fridge and News Mailing lists > now that LP mailing lists are out of beta. > > To rehash: > > 1) We want one list where folks can send news items to that services > the Fridge, UWN, and other areas (e.g. Full Circle). > * There's a LP team for this https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-news > which can have it's own mailing list however only team members can > post. > * We had wanted a list where anyone can submit articles. > > 2) I want to shutdown fridge-devel (which is private and I don't > recognize several of the subscribers) for fridge editor discussions > and use the LP list (ubuntu-fridge) for all editor discussions. > ubuntu-fridge discussions can be viewed by the public however posting > is restricted to team members.. This list is driven by our LP team: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-fridge which will (in 2-3 months) also > drive ACL access on the fridge itself. So, I'd like to center > everything around it. It makes administration of our team much easier. > > > I am blocked on executing #2 above because it's dependent upon finding > a solution for #1. A proposal for #1 was submitted as > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuNews > I'd like you all to review the proposal. For the purposes of this > email, I don't have an opinion on the proposal. Another possible > solution is to make a mailing list for ubuntu-news, allow anyone to > subscribe to the team, and then all subscribers could post. The down > side is someone posting has to be subscribed (which will be addressed, > perhaps this fall, with something call "standing" which would allow > certain types of active users to post to lists run by teams of which > they themselves are not a member of). The upside is that it will > drastically reduce spam. > > Comments please. I am quite anxious to implement #2. > > Joey > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Joey Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Joey Stanford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > 3) We enable mailing lists on ubuntu-news and we move the fridge > > > > > editor discussions over to ubuntu-news > > > > > > > > That works for me in principle - but then non-members won't be able > to > > > > write to us. We need a single list which is open to non-members. Will > > > > that feature be available on launchpad? > > > > > > > > > right, ubuntu-news would need to be an open team. To post, folks would > > > need to join the team and subscribe to the list. At least until the > > > concept of standing is implemented (perhaps later this year) which > > > would allow contributers meeting certain requirements to post to lists > > > they are not subscribed to. > > > > > > If your concern is that folks still have to subscribe to post the we > > > should create and host the list outside of Launchpad. > > > > I don't feel strongly about it but I tend to think that it's a little > > bit too much of a barrier for the time being - maybe we can review it > > when the LP implementation has matured slightly and has that sort of > > capability. > > > > I think the LP implementation is seriously pretty cool but it may be > > that for this purpose we want to use a regular Ubuntu list. Lets see > > what others think. > > > > > > > > -- > > Matthew East > > http://www.mdke.org > > gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF > > > > -- > fridge-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/fridge-devel > -- http://boredandblogging.com _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-fridge Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/people/+me/+editemails More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
