[Python-Dev] c.l.p.a -- what needs to be done ?

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> 
> > I've asked this question before: when are we going to see
> > comp.lang.python.announce back online ?
> >
> > I know that everyone is busy with getting the betas ready,
> > but looking at www.python.org I find that the "latest"
> > special announcement is dated 22-Mar-2000. People will get
> > the false idea that Python isn't moving anywhere... at least
> > not in the spirit of OSS' "release early and often".
> >
> > Could someone please summarize what needs to be done to
> > post a message to comp.lang.python.announce without taking
> > the path via the official (currently defunct) moderator ?
> >
> > I've had a look at the c.l.p.a postings and the only special
> > header they include is the "Approved: fleck@informatik.uni-bonn.de"
> > header.
> >
> > If this is all it takes to post to a moderated newsgroup,
> > fixing Mailman to do the trick should be really simple.
> >
> > I'm willing to help here to get this done *before* the Python
> > 2.0beta1 announcement.
> 
> Coincidence!  Barry just wrote the necessary hacks that allow a
> Mailman list to be used to moderate a newsgroup, and installed them in
> python.org.  He's testing the setup today and I expect that we'll be
> able to solicit for moderators tonight!

Way cool :-) Thanks.

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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