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(this option might just be too complex) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > /me notes that this might be easier done in LDAP, as a postfix alias map. +</I>><i> > Which begs the question ... should the maintainer "database" be in LDAP +</I>><i> > instead? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > (BTW., I was thinking along the lines of package groups, with +</I>><i> > multi-valued attribute for package name and maintainer. e.g.: +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > dn: cn=firefoxteam,ou=Packages,dc=mageia,dc=org +</I>><i> > objectClass: mageiaPackageGroup +</I>><i> > cn: firefox-team +</I>><i> > mail: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">firefox at packages.mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> > mageiaPackage: firefox +</I>><i> > mageiaPackage: firefox-en_gb +</I>><i> > mageiaPackage: firefox-ext-firebug +</I>><i> > .... +</I>><i> > mageiaMaintainer: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">foo at mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> > mageiaMaintainer: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">bar at mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> > owner: uid=xxx,ou=People,dc=mageia,dc=org +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > > D. if people really want to use their own personal email address, +</I>><i> > > perhaps one can be opted-in to use that one. (but this should be +</I>><i> > > decided in a policy and be strict on it either YES/NO) +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Per-user options are difficult to administer, I would prefer the same +</I>><i> > behaviour for everyone, and the choice to provide data at the user's +</I>><i> > discretion. E.g., the current situation, where contributors are requested +</I>><i> > to provide real givenName,sn, but are free to use whatever cn they +</I>><i> > prefer, and all external tools use cn. sn and givenName are only used +</I>><i> > for account/identity validation, legal requirements etc. and all uses of +</I>><i> > the data must respect privacy policy. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > > personally, i like: +</I>><i> > > A, B, C, but vote NO for D. +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > i would like to use "AL13N <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">alien at mageia.org</A>>" being used. my real name +</I>><i> > > is kind of not linked the the email address. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Well, I haven't seen any authoritative statement on whether all +</I>><i> > contributors will have @mageia.org aliases, and some work needs to be +</I>><i> > done for this if it will be provided. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> AFAIK, i think from reading founders meetings, this is planned to be rolled +</I>><i> out on a step by step basis, iirc founders/council has it, and it was +</I>><i> planned to be rolled out at least to the "recognised peers" of each team. +</I> +I changed my mind. +mageiaMaintainer: <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">foo at mageia.org</A> should be mageiaMaintainer: foo at mageia.org +The reason is spammers now use the <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">foo at mageia.org</A> account. I got a spam essage +this morning on my "tspuhler" <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tspuhler at mandriva.org</A>> from "GIFTOSWF" +<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">info at newbabybottlesterilize.com</A>> advertising software + +-- +Thomas +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="003038.html">[Mageia-dev] Contributors using real name/working email? or not? or maybe? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="003042.html">[Mageia-dev] texlive-texmf huge file +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#3041">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#3041">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#3041">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#3041">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |