Package: lists.debian.org Severity: wishlist As discussed off-BTS with Alexander Wirt, I'm hereby requesting the creation of this list. Please find below the list information; I've followed the template available at <http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/HOWTO_start_list>, I hope you find it convenient.
Name: debian-derivati...@lists.debian.org Rationale: For context, you might want to check the "derivatives" section of my last "bits from the DPL" Message-ID: <20100520153339.ga25...@upsilon.cc>. In short: people working on distribution based on Debian that want to contribute back to Debian sometimes have difficulties in understanding where to direct their efforts, who to contact, etc. The proposed list aims to be a front-desk / mentoring list specifically targeted at those kind of people. Several people answered to my call for help (more than a dozen ATM) and are now ready to start serving as members of that front desk. Note: Once the list is created, I'll ask DSA to set up a mail alias "derivati...@debian.org" pointing to the list (they are OK with that, according to preliminary discussion). The rationale for that is to have an address that can be remembered by heart. Discussing with Alexander, we concluded that that should be not particularly problematic for SPAM filtering, but if you have some check/scoring on the "To:" (or other recipients) then you might want to deactivate it. In fact, the main reason to have a mailing list instead of a mail alias is to easily enable people to subscribe to the list as derivative mentors. Short description front-desk for developers of Debian-based distributions (AKA "derivatives") Long description Derivatives front-desk: a mentoring list where developers of distributions based on Debian can send questions on how to contribute back to Debian. Examples of appropriate / frequent inquiries are: who should I contact to form a joint packaging team? who is responsible in Debian for ...? which procedure should I follow to contribute that improvement back to Debian? etc. Category I'm not sure about that, might fit "developers", but is probably not interesting for all Debian developers, unless they care about helping derivative distros. I'd vote for "Other", unless you've better suggestions. Subscription Policy Open. Ideally: I expect only "derivative mentors" to be list members, but I don't see any reason to moderate subscription (well, we risk trolling, but I believe we can deal with that if/when it will happen). Post Policy Open. Web Archive No. After filing the request, it would be very much appreciated if several other people interested in the new list would send a mail to the bug, in order to record their interest. I've already collected about a dozen people which are interested to serve as derivative mentors, so I believe this step can be skipped. Of course I can disclose the list of people here, if you want. Cheers. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=it_IT.utf8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
