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

nicolas vigier boklm at mars-attacks.org
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.



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