using apache.org address

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Jean T. Anderson wrote:
> Ted Leung wrote:
> 
> >Also, (for informational purposes), there are a fair number of people  
> >who do not use their @apache.org addresses on a regular basis.  For  
> >example, I only use mine if I (rarely) feel the need to speak as a  
> >member.  I used the address a little bit more when I was a PMC chair.
> 
> IMHO not using @apache.org address is perfectly fine. Not an issue, 
> especially for this list.
> 
> I thought http://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html used to say 
> to subscribe to some of the lists from the apache.org email (and I did 
> so for a couple lists), but I think I must have imagined that. I find it 
> now says:
> 
> >Some lists are only open to ASF committers. The moderators have methods to 
> >ensure that subscribers are committers, so subscribe using whatever email 
> >address that you want.

No fear about your imagination. Those pages are continually
being refined. That old suggestion proved troublesome,
because one does not actually get forced to use the
apache.org address.

There are some tips for moderators in
https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/docs/resources.txt
(probably need to be moved to /dev/).

http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#hats

-David

Re: using apache.org address

[David Crossley <cr...@apache.org>]

Jean T. Anderson wrote:
> David Crossley wrote:
> >
> >There are some tips for moderators in
> >https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/docs/resources.txt
> >(probably need to be moved to /dev/).
> >
> >http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#hats
> 
> Oh good, I'm not suffering from early alzheimers then. :-) The 
> MailAlias.txt mentioned by resources.txt does the trick -- thanks for 
> the tip.

Mmmm, i don't what is the purpose of that file,
nor whether it is well-maintained (probably not). 
Anyway, it helps.

-David

Re: using apache.org address

["Jean T. Anderson" <jt...@bristowhill.com>]

David Crossley wrote:
> Jean T. Anderson wrote:
> 
>>Ted Leung wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Also, (for informational purposes), there are a fair number of people  
>>>who do not use their @apache.org addresses on a regular basis.  For  
>>>example, I only use mine if I (rarely) feel the need to speak as a  
>>>member.  I used the address a little bit more when I was a PMC chair.
>>
>>IMHO not using @apache.org address is perfectly fine. Not an issue, 
>>especially for this list.
>>
>>I thought http://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html used to say 
>>to subscribe to some of the lists from the apache.org email (and I did 
>>so for a couple lists), but I think I must have imagined that. I find it 
>>now says:
>>
>>
>>>Some lists are only open to ASF committers. The moderators have methods to 
>>>ensure that subscribers are committers, so subscribe using whatever email 
>>>address that you want.
> 
> 
> No fear about your imagination. Those pages are continually
> being refined. That old suggestion proved troublesome,
> because one does not actually get forced to use the
> apache.org address.
> 
> There are some tips for moderators in
> https://svn.apache.org/repos/private/committers/docs/resources.txt
> (probably need to be moved to /dev/).
> 
> http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#hats
> 
> -David

Oh good, I'm not suffering from early alzheimers then. :-) The 
MailAlias.txt mentioned by resources.txt does the trick -- thanks for 
the tip.

  -jean