[Python-Dev] c.l.p.a -- what needs to be done ? (original) (raw)

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:47:06 +0200

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> I've asked this question before: when are we going to see > comp.lang.python.announce back online ? > > I know that everyone is busy with getting the betas ready, > but looking at www.python.org I find that the "latest" > special announcement is dated 22-Mar-2000. People will get > the false idea that Python isn't moving anywhere... at least > not in the spirit of OSS' "release early and often". > > Could someone please summarize what needs to be done to > post a message to comp.lang.python.announce without taking > the path via the official (currently defunct) moderator ? > > I've had a look at the c.l.p.a postings and the only special > header they include is the "Approved: fleck@informatik.uni-bonn.de" > header. > > If this is all it takes to post to a moderated newsgroup, > fixing Mailman to do the trick should be really simple. > > I'm willing to help here to get this done before the Python > 2.0beta1 announcement. Coincidence! Barry just wrote the necessary hacks that allow a Mailman list to be used to moderate a newsgroup, and installed them in python.org. He's testing the setup today and I expect that we'll be able to solicit for moderators tonight!

Way cool :-) Thanks.

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