Re: gnome.org Account Policies

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

Actually, having a corresponding @gnome.org address for each cvs account
might be a good idea - you would always know where to send compalining
emails when you see a realy broken commit go to the tree...

On 21 Aug 2001, Owen Taylor wrote:

> 
> Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> writes:
> 
> > <quote who="Federico Mena Quintero">
> > 
> > > http://primates.ximian.com/~federico/docs/gnome-org-policies/index.html
> > > 
> > > Please review it and send your comments.
> > 
> > Hi Federico, thanks for posting this!
> > 
> > All very good, the only issue I have is the relatively loose policy on
> > gnome.org mail aliases.
> > 
> > These is quite an important measure of representation, so perhaps it should
> > only be given to people with CVS or shell access, given that they are
> > already trusted with the "crown jewels".
> > 
> > Perhaps a <user>@people.gnome.org system would satisfy any complaints about
> 
> Note that the number of people with CVS accounts (725) is considerably
> bigger than the number of GNOME foundation members (373), and we have
> a considerably more formal process for foundation membership than
> getting a CVS account. (Even with this new policy, CVS accounts basicically
> given ou "if you need one")
> 
> I think as long as we have a policy that a @gnome.org alias does _not_
> mean you speak on behalf of GNOME, giving out email aliases relatively
> freely is not a huge deal. This is pretty standard ... acm.org, gnu.org, 
> debian.org, universities... 
> 

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> 
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
> 

	Sander

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