On Wednesday 10 March 2010 16:42:43 Duncan wrote:
> Mike Frysinger posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:45:21 -0500 as excerpted:
> > the front page of http://gentoo.org/ now links to a Google Calendar (see
> > side bar).  this has been around for a while, but it seems it's been
> > more of an "underground" thing, so it's time to raise its awareness.
> > 
> > like other aspects of Gentoo, all Gentoo developers have access to it to
> > add their own events.  anything Gentoo related may be added of course !
> > meetings, events, scheduled package events, etc...
> > 
> > the access step requires a bit of help though -- simply e-mail me off
> > list your gmail account and we can get you set up.  once you have
> > access, you may easily pass it on to other Gentoo peeps.
> 
> So a gmail account is now considered mandatory for Gentoo devs, at least
> if they want calendar access?
> 
> What about those who might think that Google knows enough about them with
> search and the web crawling and database correlation Google does, and
> whatever ad serving might leak thru, and object to having a gmail account
> on principle?

then you dont get write access.  anyone can read it anonymously.  if you want 
an entry added, go ask someone who does have write access.
-mike