I think it's important that non-Apache folks have an easy way to edit their proposal as there will typically be changes suggested after they post it here; having the proposal editing "Apache only" would not be too good for newcomers although the champion would always be able to do it.
But +1 for a move to Confluence which has its own registration system. (If we could have Confluence also for the podling reports.. that would be awesome!) On 5 October 2016 at 16:35, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > Are most requesters already committers, or no? > > If so, then *cough* whimsy tool *cough*. That's a place we can create > simple AUTH'd request tools that channelize things; even as a front end, > it would ensure the requests have a specific which-wiki, who is the > username, etc. that you don't always get from emails. > > Just a crazy idea I can't help with yet. But agree: finding ways to > reduce non-interesting threads here would help people follow the > interesting discussions or votes. > > - Shane > > Benjamin Young wrote on 10/5/16 10:22 AM: >> The incubator list is pretty popular. ;) Not less so these days with >> the NetBeans discussions, etc. >> >> I’d like to propose (fwiw) that a mailing list be setup to ask for >> wiki access (perhaps wiki@incubator.a.o) and that it be used >> primarily for that purpose. If possible, the list could be setup to >> receive emails from anyone (without prior subscription) to avoid the >> need to “hang around” on that list if all you needed was to make an >> edit somewhere. >> >> Alternatively, perhaps a web form could be setup to mail the IPMC >> directly. >> >> Or, the much harder alternative, moving to Confluence, which I think >> avoids this request need / has it’s own more automated way of >> handling such things (maybe). >> >> The hope is just to reduce the signal to noise ratio here—which is >> already quite high due to so many projects talking in one general >> space. >> >> Thanks for considering this idea! Benjamin >> >> -- http://bigbluehat.com/ http://linkedin.com/in/benjaminyoung >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > -- Stian Soiland-Reyes http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
