Bug#871534: debian-policy: Clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may be moderated

Hi, Apologies for the delay in replying here. > (There's probably some room to offer advice to maintainers on how > to run the mailing list, but that feels more like devref material > than Policy material.) Indeed. Please go ahead and close this as an issue for Policy. : If I see such

Bug#871534: debian-policy: Clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may be moderated

Per the message below, I propose to close this bug because I think this is already addressed reasonably well. (There's probably some room to offer advice to maintainers on how to run the mailing list, but that feels more like devref material than Policy material.) Chris, any objections? Am I

Bug#871534: debian-policy: Clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may be moderated

On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 08:06:46PM -0400, Chris Lamb wrote: > Hi Bill, > > > How do you define "moderated" ? > > I can't really, sorry. I guess getting a "Your message awaits moderator > approval" quasi-bounce… but that's not exactly right. If the list is moderated correctly, the message will

Bug#871534: debian-policy: Clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may be moderated

Chris Lamb writes: > Hi Bill, >> How do you define "moderated" ? > I can't really, sorry. I guess getting a "Your message awaits moderator > approval" quasi-bounce… but that's not exactly right. My personal feeling is that the current vagueness is a feature rather than a

Bug#871534: debian-policy: Clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may be moderated

Hi Bill, > How do you define "moderated" ? I can't really, sorry. I guess getting a "Your message awaits moderator approval" quasi-bounce… but that's not exactly right. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-

Bug#871534: debian-policy: Clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may be moderated

Hi Bill, > How do you define "moderated" ? I can't really, sorry. I guess getting a "Your message awaits moderator approval" quasi-bounce… but that's not exactly right. Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk `-

Bug#871534: debian-policy: Clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may be moderated

On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 04:58:15PM -0400, Chris Lamb wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.0.1.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > Please clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may > point to moderated mailing lists. > > Having such a list in the Maintainer field, even in

Bug#871534: debian-policy: Clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may be moderated

Package: debian-policy Version: 4.0.1.0 Severity: wishlist Hi, Please clarify whether mailing lists in Maintainers/Uploaders may point to moderated mailing lists. Having such a list in the Maintainer field, even in the cases where they are actively and regularly monitored, appears to violate