[Mageia-dev] proposal regarding (packager) mentoring program coordinator

Sat Jul 2 01:07:00 CEST 2011

Le vendredi 1 juillet 2011 22:49:29, andre999 a écrit :
+> nicolas vigier a écrit :
+> > On Fri, 01 Jul 2011, andre999 wrote:
+> >>>> We would like to have an email address for the team, which would
+> >>>> direct messages to all team members.
+> >>>> It could be mentoring at mageia.org or similar (suggested by Daniel).
+> >>> 
+> >>> We keep @mageia.org for real persons. The usual way to have a group
+> >>> mail is something along foo at group.mageia.org, and this requires a ldap
+> >>> group. ( which in turn requires 1) identity account 2) a list of
+> >>> person, and someone to manage the group )
+> >> 
+> >> Would something like coord at pmentoring.mageia.org be Ok ?
+> > 
+> > No, foo at group.mageia.org with foo replaced by the group name.
+> > 
+> >> Presumably I would manage the group, which would include at least magnus
+> >> + Daniel. So who should I talk to about setting it up ?
+> >> Would I be able to add new persons myself, or would I have to request it
+> >> ?
+> > 
+> > What would be the use of this group and alias ?
+> > Shouldn't most discussions be public, so on a mailing list ?
+> 
+> This would be for potential packager apprentices or others to easily
+> contact all members the mentoring coordinator team.
+> So one of us can respond quickly, mostly to update our packages_mentoring
+> wiki page.  (Which will be ready in the next few days.)
+> We could also use it to discuss among ourselves, which we now do by private
+> email. So it wouldn't be of general interest.  We wouldn't want those
+> outside our group responding to messages received, like in a public
+> mailing list.
+> (The group might include a few outside our team.)
+> (It could include mentors, but they will see useful info on our wiki page.)
+> A restricted-access mailing list should work.
+> 
+
+I don't think there's a need for restricted access, and it would be opposite 
+to the way we try to do everything in the open. 
+
+What you need is 
+1) a way to be contacted directly by those who need (apprentices)
+2) a way to discuss within members of the team, but maybe other people too if 
+some want to join the discussion
+
+For 1), I think your @mageia.org address once you will get one is sufficient. 
+It's only one means of communication among others (MLs, forums, wiki), so I 
+don't think a group is necessarily needed for that. You can still forward 
+requests you can't handle yourself.
+
+For 2), I don't know what is better :
+- use an existing mailing list
+- create a new one 
+
+I think you must try to use direct e-mail among you only when there's a good 
+reason to avoid public discussion. Saying that it's not of general interest is 
+not a good enough reason, I think. Do you have other reasons for wanting a 
+private mailing list ?
+
+Best regards
+
+Samuel Verschelde
+