From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Ef34a-0003DN-ST for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:26:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jANMPwLT001227; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:25:58 GMT Received: from jaguar.lieber.org (jaguar.lieber.org [217.160.252.168]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jANMNndw029224 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:23:50 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jaguar.lieber.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB1929D746 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jaguar.lieber.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (jaguar.lieber.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06834-08 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:28:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by jaguar.lieber.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7215D29C1EF; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:28:35 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 22:28:35 +0000 From: Kurt Lieber To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Possible solution: email subdomain Message-ID: <20051123222835.GI12982@mail.lieber.org> References: <1132333748.8524.9.camel@localhost> <200511211119.17618.pauldv@gentoo.org> <20051123002605.174c3fc8@sven.genone.homeip.net> <20051123154049.6b5af84c@sven.genone.homeip.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="W8NyRpvKkamwD9y8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Key: http://www.lieber.org/kurtl.pub.gpg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lieber.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.894 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-3.3, AWL=0.005, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -5.894 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: ad488e8d-19bc-4954-9d42-5f685a243c5a X-Archives-Hash: 1ee8018c24ba19f7a6e2d94a9b86a022 --W8NyRpvKkamwD9y8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 11:47:18AM -0700 or thereabouts, Duncan wrote: > As proposed, that recognizably distinct address was a subdomain. However, > infra has objected to that as unworkable. However, the wording of the > GLEP makes it clear that the subdomain was a proposal and that the details > were to be worked out. What this "possible solution" does is provide a > way for that to happen -- something infra shouldn't have issues with, > while at the same time, implementing that aspect of the GLEP as adopted by > the council. The "possible solution" offers no technical or administrative advantages over creating a sub-domain in the first place. The two solutions are essentially equal. > What I'm saying is that this is a solution consistent with the "situation > on the ground" as we no have it. Sure, we can argue that the situation > should be different, but this, from my viewpoint, is a pragmatic solution > to a very tough and controversial problem, that the council has > none-the-less expressed its view on, with said view approaching IMO about > the best possible compromise between the opposing viewpoints. This solution has the same yellow star stigma that the original proposal does. > I'm just trying to provide a way (thanks to the original suggestor) to > "get some progress on the ground", instead of seeing it constantly > debated, with no real conclusion or practical application of the debate in > sight. The only outstanding administrative issue is how these aliases are managed. The same management issues exist regardless of whether we're talking about foo.tester@gentoo.org or foo@tester.gentoo.org. --kurt --W8NyRpvKkamwD9y8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDhO0TJPpRNiftIEYRAppcAJ41zX/SXY/5VSbeJpT7xE9M6xjRjACfXYHd 18uZvZtuIYOtbd9HsOXN3Po= =x0/K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --W8NyRpvKkamwD9y8-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list