On 01/09/2018 10:20 PM, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
> During the last Gentoo council meeting, the decision was made to implement 
> changes to the gentoo-dev mailing list [1].
> 
> These changes affect only the gentoo-dev mailing list, and will come into 
> effect on 23 January 2018.
> 
> * Subscribing to the list and receiving list mail remains as it is now.
> * Posting to the list will only be possible to Gentoo developers and
>   whitelisted additional participants.
> * Whitelisting requires that one developer vouches for you. We intend this
>   to be as unbureaucratic as possible.
> * Obviously, repeated off-topic posting as well as behaviour against the
>   Code of Conduct [2] will lead to revocation of the posting permission.
> 
> If, as a non-developer, you want to participate in a discussion on 
> gentoo-dev, 
> - either reply directly to the author of a list mail and ask him/her to 
> forward your message,
> - or ask any Gentoo developer of your choice to get you whitelisted.
> 
> If, as a developer, you want to have someone whitelisted, please comment on 
> bug 644070 [3]. Similar to Bugzilla editbugs permission, if you are vouching 
> for a contributor you are expected to keep an eye on their activity.
> 
> [1] https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20171210-summary.txt
> [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council/Code_of_conduct
> [3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/644070  (alias g-dev-whitelist)
> 

This was not put in effect on 23 January 2018, however I have now
requested infra to put it in place in [bug 650964]. Users wishing
posting permissions are encouraged to find a mentor and register in [bug
644070]

References:
[bug 650964] https://bugs.gentoo.org/650964
[bug 644070] https://bugs.gentoo.org/644070
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