Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Rob Weir <apa...@robweir.com> wrote: > >> I'm having difficulty reconciling the openoffice.org email forwarding >> service with how Apache projects work. >> >> Having such an address appears to suggest that the person is >> representing the project,or at the very least is a member of the >> project. But we speak as individuals, both in the project and >> externally. If we're suggesting that we represent the project, then >> that is incorrect. There are exceptions, as outlined in the "multiple >> hats" description [1] , where a PMC Chair or other Apache officers >> might need to speak authoritatively on policy matters. But that is >> not the typical case. >> >> And remember, committers are given email forwards via an a.o email >> address. So there is no functional requirement that I can see for an >> OOo address, other than the conventional postmaster and admin >> addresses. >> >> So I'd favor ending the OOo email forwarding. >> >> The alternative would be to continue this service, but that begs the >> question of who is permitted such an address, what such an address >> means, who decides and what criteria are used to decide who gets such >> an address? That seems to duplicate the kinds of questions we already >> deal with when we look at those individuals whose contributions to the >> project merit being voted in as Committers, and getting an a.o email >> address. >> >> -Rob >> >> >> [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#hats >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton >> <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: >>> I am not certain this is identified as something to deal with. >>> >>> Along with the openoffice.org domain and whatever happens with that, >> there is also the openoffice.org affinity e-mail forwarding operation. >>> >>> Is there anything in place to sustain that? >>> >>> Might it be interrupted or even retired at some point? >>> (Not proposing, just want to ensure that someone has their eye on this.) >>> >>> - Dennis >>> >>> >> > > The email is open to anyone signed in the OOo domain in collabnet. I will > support the idea to keep it that way. There is no distinction on what level > of commitment you have to the project. In practice, not many people use the > OOo domain. I did and even as an active user, very few times I have been > inquired on how to use it by fellow project members. > > So my idea Rob is, lets keep it like this without giving it too much > overthought of abuse or anything. If there was ill intend it would have been > spoted through the 10 years of OOo history. > > BTW the ES project actually use several @openoffice.org accounts for > different initiatives through it. It has never really been an issue. >
I can see keeping what is there but it should be locked so no new address are allowed. Over time then it could be removed. My 2 cents. Andy
