Re: $module-maint gnome org aliases

[Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org>]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 05:39:18PM +0200, Dave Neary wrote:
> 
> Olav Vitters wrote:
> > The GNOME mailserver contains various $module-maint gnome org aliases.
> 
> ...
> 
> > Does anyone make use of these maint aliases? They are somewhat
> > incomplete. E.g. there is a glib-maint, but I couldn't find a gtk+-maint
> > file. Further, I don't advise anyone to use these aliases are they so
> > out of date.
> 
> To my knowledge, every bugzilla product has a -maint who is the assignee
> of new bugs - these aliases get followed by bugzilla users, who get
> notified of changes to the bug.

Those are fake aliases, meaning: @gnome.bugs. I am talking about the
@gnome.org ones (they are not related).

> Also, a very quick Google search shows a lot of -maint email addresses
> out in the wild referenced on websites and in documentation.
> 
> I suspect that they're much more widely used than you might think.

Hmm.

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Regards,
Olav