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[Barry Warsaw]

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On Apr 18, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Vid Ayer wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Barry Warsaw <barry at canonical.com>  
> wrote:
>>> 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.
>
> Is it possible to migrate existing subscribers to the LP lists without
> them having to jump hoops -- register and get an LP account and then
> join the team just so that they can post to the mailing list. Most
> people may not want to jump hoops. Has that been considered ?

It has, but for now, we're not going to do this.  We want to take  
advantages of the additional information and collaborative aspects of  
Launchpad to improve the mailing list experience, so Launchpad  
membership is a necessary requirement.  We will be able to import  
archives for those existing lists that want to move to Launchpad though.

>> 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.
>
> afaik, currently the list infrastructure is not privately managed
> (read volunteers). So can you please elaborate on the above.

What I meant was that open source projects on Launchpad can always run  
their own mailing lists using their own resources.  For those open  
source projects that don't have the resources, or just don't want the  
headaches, they can request and use a Launchpad mailing list.  This is  
no different than a project using Launchpad's bug tracker instead of  
running their own, Launchpad's code hosting instead of running their  
own, etc.

Cheers,
- -Barry

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