[Mailman3-dev] Re: [Mailman-Developers] Sprinting at Pycon 2005

[Harald Meland]

[Barry Warsaw]

> I encourage everyone who wants to help speed Mailman3 progress to join
> us at Pycon 2005 for a Mailman 3 sprint.  Here's the sprint page:
>
> http://www.python.org/moin/Mailman3Sprint
>
> If you're coming, please add your name to the list.  I think we can make
> some significant progress if we get enough people.  I'm willing to talk
> about how to improve the process so more people can contribute.

I'm not sure which process you're referring to here -- the sprint
process, or Mailman's development process in general (e.g. the number
of people with CVS commit rights)?  In case it's the latter, I'm
putting in a shameless plug for the Arch mirror[1] I'm keeping of
Mailman3's CVS repository.

As to the sprint, I'm regrettably unable to participate in person.

I *might* be able to participate remotely (from Norway) on Saturday
19th and/or Sunday 20th, if that is at all interesting -- I don't have
any experience with "sprints", and hence don't know if remote
participants would prove to be a net hindrance, due to the other
(text-based => more cumbersome) means of communication that would, to
some degree, presumably be needed.

On the 21st I'll be going on easter holiday -- proper holiday,
forsaking even network connectivity :-) -- and so won't be able to
participate at all.

Whether remote sprint participation is a viable alternative or not,
I'm thrilled that Mailman3 seems to be moving again :-), and am
eagerly awaiting the appearance of more design documents/code.

As I'm using a severly patched Mailman that keeps track of
member/admin addresses in a central, list-independent user database,
and these local patches are getting in the way of upgrades, I would be
happy to help designing/implementing similar features in Mailman3.

[1] Recently cycled to a new Arch archive, available at
    http://folk.uio.no/hmeland/archives/hmeland@usit.uio.no--cvs-2005
-- 
Harald