"Nathan Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:53:02 -0700:
> On 7/20/07, Chris Gianelloni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> gentoo-projects: This list is for... what exactly? I've not really >> figured that one out just yet. I know it is supposed to be pretty much >> anything that doesn't fit into gentoo-dev or another project-specific >> list. Am I correct here? Is this what everyone thinks this list is >> supposed to be used for? > > From what I can tell by reading the logs of the council meeting [1], the > purpose of -project is to keep "all the flamewars and bitching" off the > -dev list. However, it seems that moderating -dev should accomplish > that purpose, so I question the need for its existence. If it is not > required reading for developers, how is it substantively different from > -user? > > [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20070614.txt Hopefully, dev won't end up needing moderated after all, after project is up and running well, and the outgoing council decides to take a pass on it at their last (August) meeting, both to let that happen, and to let the new council make that decision. project will ideally reduce dev traffic by half, possibly more, if people can self-moderate, thus hopefully eliminating the need for moderation. Given the controversial aspect, if self-moderation can work, it'd be better to keep it to that. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
