On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Ed Burns
<Ed.Burns@sun.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:00:28 +0100, Pete Muir <pmuir@redhat.com> said:
PM> On 18 Sep 2009, at 00:09, Dan Allen wrote:
>> Our first choice for request #1 is to allow all subscribed members
>> of the jsr-314-open list to post, with moderation of a person's
>> inaugural post (webbeans-dev uses this approach, for instance). The
>> second choice would be to have a separate list open to the
>> community. In either case, both lists should satisfy request #2.
PM> My preference would be for there to be two email lists, both with
PM> public, non-password-protected, archives. The first is the EG list.
PM> The second is the a discussion list. A regular member of the EG can
PM> post unmoderated to either list. Any subscriber can post to the
PM> discussion list. If a member of the community is an expert on a
PM> particular sub-topic, we should pull them into the EG list, using
PM> moderation to allow their posts through.
I like Pete's suggestion. Dan, is the lack of email gateway the only
roadblock to using the existing facility on the new jcp.org site?
From a high level, yes. That's not to say that we won't discover other issues if we actually try to use it. We are gambling on an unproven technology. If it can handle the bidirectional gateway between forums and mailinglists elegantly, then I have no problem going with that approach.
What I would like to avoid is having to trial this in real time and have it disrupt the ongoing conversations. Is there some way we can setup a test list and have some volunteers play around with it? Frankly I'm surprised the JCP didn't involve us in this in the first place. After all, we are the ones that have to use the software day-to-day. Can I get in on the conversation you are having with them (whoever them is)?
-Dan