Re: [gentoo-dev] Possible solution: email subdomain

[Marius Mauch <genone@gentoo.org>]

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On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:39:08 -0700
Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> wrote:

> Here's the proposal again.  If there's an issue with it, shoot it
> down, but from here, it certainly seems to fit the bill.  Again,
> I'd /love/ to say I was the one that came up with it, but I wasn't.
> =8^)
> 
> * give [AH]Ts a <name>.tester@gentoo.org address.
> 
> - It's not a subdomain, so the existing infrastructure should have no
> problems with it.
> 
> - testername.tester@gentoo.org remains distinctive enough it should
> alleviate any doubts or confusion over status.
> 
> - the biggest possible objection I can see is that the root,
> tester@gentoo.org, is already in use.  Thus, in particular, I'd like
> to see his reaction to this proposal.  We could, of course, take the
> same idea and change the root, if necessary.  My previous suggestion,
> intern, would work, or assistant, or something else.  Tester is of
> course short and concise, but intern or assistant would be more
> generic, allowing the possiblity of other non-tester additions, in
> the future, with the same root.

Has the same problem as a subdomain as it creates two "classes" of
devs. So it would solve the potential technical problems, but we still
have the semantic issues.

Marius

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