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Re: libc-hack policy


On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 01:13:05PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote:
>> > But as I've explained earlier, I'm not asking for making the posting
>> > rights open, just read-only subscription.
>>
>> Oh, I misunderstood you. ?There is no reason not to allow read-only
>> subscriptions, sure--there are no secrets there, of course. ?I think it
>> might just be that it's easiest to maintain the list permissions such that
>> subscribers can post and others cannot.
>
> Who is in charge of technical issues regarding the glibc mailing lists?
> Carlos? Is it possible to allow libc-hack to have open subscription, but
> still restricted posting rights?

The list is managed the sourceware admins, and is run using ezmlm-idx.
My initial analysis indicates that ezmlm-idx can't easily support a
list where some but not all subscribers are allowed to post. I suggest
you email overseers@sourceware.org and ask about this.

Cheers,
Carlos.


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