On Tuesday 14 June 2005 23:02, Marius Mauch wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:05:21 +0900 > > Chris White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>might I suggest not kicking #gentoo-dev visitors who ask for > > > >>voice to speak to the devs without a 'rtfm & go get a gentoo job' > > > >>smokescreen ? > > > > My intentions in this email were regarding the above worries about > > things. I plan to create somewhat of a consistant contact point > > between irc users that want a voice in dev. If anyone has > > disagreements, I'll be happy to hear them out and hopefully address > > them. My plan of interaction is as follows: > > [snip] > > Won't work. First it would introduce a single point of failure. If we'd > really follow this route there has to be a role for this, not a user. > Then how are people supposed to know about this in teh first place? I > wouldn't expect that users with a question/topic for -dev have read the > dev handbook. Often that is spontaneous, which brings me to my next > point: email definitely won't work for this, I mean if someone writes > an email they can just as well ask their question on the gentoo-dev > list directly. > And finally: I really don't like the idea of telling people "ask Chris > for voice, other devs might not behave nice", if there really is a > problem this will just sidestep it, not solve it.
Why not create a "voicebot" that would sit in the irc channel (the subject would refer to it), that developers could send a message to, and that would automatically be forwarded to a team of developers. If the bot would forward the communication to all members and the requestor double action is avoided, and users know where to go to get voice. The voicebot automatically maintains the list of active voice team members. It could even be made to block users that should not be allowed to bother the team (for example because they seriously misbehave themselves). Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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