Re: 'unassigned' MAINTAINER - @pkgsrc.org

[Tobias Nygren <tnn%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:43:54 +0000
Alistair Crooks <agc%pkgsrc.org@localhost> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 02:24:55PM +0100, Tobias Nygren wrote:
> > On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:09:36 +0000 (GMT)
> > David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> > >   Should the 'unassigned' MAINTAINER value be an @pkgsrc.org
> > >   address rather than @NetBSD.org?
> > > 
> > >   What do people think?
> > 
> > If mail to the unassigned maintainer is still still going to be posted
> > to pkgsrc-users@, I don't think this should be done unless the official
> > address of the list also changes to @pkgsrc.org.
> 
> The MX record for pkgsrc.org has always pointed to NetBSD.org (albeit
> with some unusual indirection during its first 4 or 5 years), so I'm
> not sure there's much point in making a stand for things to be done
> "officially".

If someone tries to contact the maintainer it should be made as obvious
as possible that the address is in fact a public mailing list.
I'm just saying that publishing multiple aliases for mailing lists won't
help and that we should then avoid using the @NetBSD.org address
anywhere/anymore.

-Tobias