[csw-maintainers] new mailing list?

[Ben Walton]

Hi All,

I'd like to propose a new, internal-only mailing list.  The purpose of
the list would be to record all package release requests.  This would
replace the current practice of private mails to Phil.  This list
would be open to posting from any @opencsw.org address, but would be
subscribed on request by maintainers as desired, not automatically.

There are a few reasons I'd like to see this happen:

1. Packages that are rejected are typically rejected for common
   reasons.  The more people the see these, the better we'll get over
   time as we stop making the same mistakes.
2. History preservation.
3. Team maintainership memory.  Presently, if mails are private
   between $release_manager and $maintainer, a $maintainer2 may not
   know why a package is not being released.  A list archive could
   resolve this.  This follows from #2.
4. More visible maintainer activity.  This is an easy way to keep an
   eye on who's releasing what.  This info can be gotten other ways of
   course, but this is a more passive approach to seeing the same
   info.
5. Openness.  It pulls back the curtains a bit more on some of the
   backend happenings.

Thoughts from others?

Thanks
-Ben
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