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[Barry Warsaw]

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On Apr 18, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Vid Ayer wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Jordan Mantha <mantha at ubuntu.com>  
> wrote:
>>
>> I think the main one is that you must be a member of the team to  
>> post to a
>> team mailing list. In Ubuntu we will often want to allow anybody to
>> subscribe to the mailing list.
>
> Hmm... by member do you mean each individual *must* have an LP account
> and must join (say) TeamA on LP and *only* then they will be allowed
> to use TeamA's mailing list? If yes, then I see a lot of potential
> trouble explaining and implementing this.

This is true for Launchpad mailing lists currently.

>> This is a matter of "doesn't have all the features we want so we  
>> are not
>> recommending a mass transition", not "OMG Launchpad killed my ML!!!"
>
> i hope not !! - and i hope its voluntary for teams.

Absolutely.  Use of Launchpad mailing lists is entirely optional, and  
really separate from Ubuntu mailing lists.  We have plans for making  
things smoother and more attractive for those Ubuntu teams that /want/  
to use Launchpad, but it will not be required.  Disclaimer: I am not a  
policy maker (ANAPM :).

If you think of Launchpad mailing lists outside of the Ubuntu sphere,  
they are really a great convenience for open source projects to build  
communities without having to deploy and maintain their own  
complicated mail infrastructure.

Hope that helps!
- -Barry

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