[Python-Dev] Public or private python-dev archives?

[David Ascher]

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> In a private mail, Greg Stein suggested that the python-dev archives
> should be restricted to the members of the list.  I prefer to make
> them public, but I won't want to impose this on others without
> discussion.  So I've made the archives private for the time being
> while we discuss this meta-issue.  (Also, the existence of the list
> isn't announced by mailman on its listinfo page.)

If one has a public archive with restricted membership, then one needs to
have a process for people to petition membership, including policies on
deciding admission (which could be as vague as "up to GvR's whim").

FWIW, the perl5-porters list is open but the perl6-porters list is closed.

My suggestion is that we can start with an open policy on archives, and
the lax posting policy for the multiple email address business (which
should be incorporated in mailman++ =), with the explicitely stated caveat
that if it turns out that that policy doesn't work, we reserve the right
to tighten things up. I also suggest that we don't advertise the fact that
anyone can post.  [Except of course that we've just mentioned this in
archives which I'm arguing should be public =)]

--david