We have to start moving threads off of reorg. Please do not cross-post.
Oh - What's "open"? I'd suggest:
[EMAIL PROTECTED], members, board lists: mandatory subscriptions to only the communities; only subscribers can post; archives are private but accessible by the constituencies (in case of board, I'd think all members should be able to see archives?).
All members are already able to see the archives of any list and subscribe to the board list. The only list that isn't viewable by members and private to the board is board-private, which is really just an alias for the current board, and the board is not allowed to do any official business on that list (only private discussion that leads to a later public discussion and vote on board or during the board meeting).
As for PMC lists, I suggest that all committers (or equivalent) on a project be able to subscribe and post to the PMC list, but only PMC members (as named by the board or by the project's V.P.) be able to vote.
I agree with Sam's suggestions that private list discussion be limited whenever possible, just as it is for the board.
committers list: mandatory subscription to only committers; only subscribers can post; archives public.
+1
reorg, community, infrastructure, etc. list: anyone can subscribe but posts are moderated; archives public.
I disagree. Anyone who is contributing to the community should be able to join and post. I simply cannot tolerate any more noise from people who are not contributing to one or more of our projects -- allowing them in the discussion would force me to remove myself from the list, and I suspect so will almost all of the other committers who are maxed-out on mail. +1 to archives being public.
general lists: anyone can subscribe but posts are moderated; archives public and linked to from www.apache.org site and the various project site(s).
*-dev lists: strongly suggested subscriptions for active committers; each community can decide posting/moderator policy; archives public and prominently linked to from their project pages.
+1
....Roy
