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

Mon Jul 4 07:19:15 CEST 2011

On Fri, 01 Jul 2011, andre999 wrote:
+
+> Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
+>> Le samedi 2 juillet 2011 01:07:00, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
+>>> Le vendredi 1 juillet 2011 22:49:29, andre999 a écrit :
+>>>> nicolas vigier a écrit :
+>>>>> On Fri, 01 Jul 2011, andre999 wrote:
+> [...]
+>>>>>> 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.
+>>
+>> That being said, I have nothing against the use of a group for that, but only
+>> as a contact e-mail, not for discussion, or only for sensitive discussion
+>> about specific persons.
+>
+> That was exactly the purpose -- one contact point !
+> (Which we can put in various documentation, etc.)
+> That way if I'm not available -- on holidays, sick or whatever, I could 
+> alert the others to ensure a fast response.  And they could always help out 
+> if they wanted.
+> And if someone takes my place, it would be a transparent changeover.
+
+A public mailing list could be used as contact point. And would allow
+other people to join the team.
+
+