On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:11:28 +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > On 11361 March 1977, Christian Perrier wrote: > > I happen to often send mails to <package>@packages.debian.org while > > conducting my NMU campaigns for l10n bugs hunting. > > > From time to time, I still get such mails rejected because the said > > package uses a mailing list as "Maintainer:". > > I did hate that too, and in the end it lead to the alioth admins > implementing the Debian whitelist. That helps for about 95% of the > packages using a mailinglist and currently allows all ftpteam members, > debbugs, dak and lucas ddpomail as well as Hennings "migrated to > testing" mails.
What about ordinary users who report bugs for packages with members-only Alioth lists as the Maintainer: address? I often got mails with the following content after submitting a bug for such a package: "Your mail to ... with the subject ... Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval." I had cases where the moderator queue wasn't flushed for several months. Regards, Tino -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
