libc-help mailing list

libc-help mailing list

[Roland McGrath]

There was supposed to be a libc-help mailing list created some several
weeks ago.  The /ml/libc-help/ web page exists with empty archives.
But I get a "user unknown" bounce when I try to post to the list.
Frank couldn't figure it out.

At the same time, libc-alpha's settings were to be changed as discussed
before.  We'd still like to happen once the libc-help list works properly.

But just the new list would be a fine start, and I am mystified as to how
it could fail to be a one-minute push-button operation.


Thanks,
Roland

Re: libc-help mailing list

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 04:57:53PM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
>There was supposed to be a libc-help mailing list created some several
>weeks ago.  The /ml/libc-help/ web page exists with empty archives.
>But I get a "user unknown" bounce when I try to post to the list.
>Frank couldn't figure it out.
>
>At the same time, libc-alpha's settings were to be changed as discussed
>before.  We'd still like to happen once the libc-help list works properly.
>
>But just the new list would be a fine start, and I am mystified as to how
>it could fail to be a one-minute push-button operation.

My last interaction with the people who would be moderators seemed to
suggest that they didn't know what was involved and might be assuming
functionality that wasn't there.  I suggested reading some documentation
but I don't see any response that indicated that they understood how to
do what needed to be done.

So I never did the rest of the setup since I wasn't particularly
interested in answering "How do I do X?  What?  I'm mystified why X
isn't simple!" style messages.

cgf

Re: libc-help mailing list

[Ryan S. Arnold]

On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 10:59 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> My last interaction with the people who would be moderators seemed to
> suggest that they didn't know what was involved and might be assuming
> functionality that wasn't there.  I suggested reading some documentation
> but I don't see any response that indicated that they understood how to
> do what needed to be done.
> 
> So I never did the rest of the setup since I wasn't particularly
> interested in answering "How do I do X?  What?  I'm mystified why X
> isn't simple!" style messages.
> 
> cgf

Christopher,

Carlos and I should be able to do just fine.

The mailer you use is just a bit different than I'm used to.

We'll be attempting to recruit another moderator to the ranks as well so
that we have adequate coverage.

Ryan S. Arnold

Re: libc-help mailing list

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:48:14AM -0500, Ryan S. Arnold wrote:
>On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 10:59 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> My last interaction with the people who would be moderators seemed to
>> suggest that they didn't know what was involved and might be assuming
>> functionality that wasn't there.  I suggested reading some documentation
>> but I don't see any response that indicated that they understood how to
>> do what needed to be done.
>> 
>> So I never did the rest of the setup since I wasn't particularly
>> interested in answering "How do I do X?  What?  I'm mystified why X
>> isn't simple!" style messages.
>
>Christopher,
>
>Carlos and I should be able to do just fine.
>
>The mailer you use is just a bit different than I'm used to.

Ok.  libc-help is set up and libc-alpha should now be moderated.  I've removed
Ulrich as a moderator.

cgf

Re: libc-help mailing list

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> Ok.  libc-help is set up and libc-alpha should now be moderated.  I've removed
> Ulrich as a moderator.

Something odd appears to have happened to libc-alpha in the course of this 
change: the ezmlm message numbers, normally sequential, have gone 
backwards from 20983 to 20776.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com