Re: gnome-hackers is now closed

[Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org>]

Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com> writes:

> I strenuously object. Consider:
> 
> * Nothing that has been posted on gnome-hackers since we created
>   gnome-private has needed to be confidential.
> 
> * Hardly anything on gnome-hackers is confidential ever (I can't
>   remember any truly confidential posts in a long time). I don't
>   understand the paranoia about leaking confidential information since
>   the whole reason we are opening up gnome-hackers is that almost
>   nothing on it really needs to be confidential, or should be for that
>   matter.

Well, my two weeks time-frame really isn't such a bad choice IMHO. I don't
see any urgent need why this needs to be done immediately - gnome-hackers
has always been closed and there actually was confidential material on it
(which most likely isn't anymore, but it was at the time it was posted).

In two weeks

a) the whole gnome-hackers/gnome-private stuff will have settled down; ie.
   people will be using gnome-private as they did with gnome-hackers before
   without any confusion about to which list to post etc.

b) the board will be elected

   Of cause, we can't expect the board to actually function one week after
   its election, but we'll now who's on the board and whoever this is can
   then make an "official" statement over this issue.

Basically, we can also open the list early next week (moving the archives
takes one afternoon, but I'm getting a new machine so I most likely won't
have any network access between Wednesday evening and Saturday morning, so
I'll move them either tomorrow or on Sunday.

However, if we wait one more week, the board can already do some kind of
quick conference about this and come up with a good idea what to do with
the old archives.

Since there really weren't many confidential posts during the last few
months, the board may actually decide to open all the old archives for the
public as well (after careful review).

So, my final word on this issue is that this needs to decide either the
board or the current list owner (which is Miguel), not the list's sysadmin
(which is me). Just my opinion, but this list has always been run by Miguel,
so I think he or the board should decide this.

Ok, I may be away from my mail until Sunday since I'm finally getting a
new machine this week.

Happy Halloween,
-- 
Martin Baulig
martin gnome org (private)
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