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[Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2009/8/6 Karl Fogel <karl.fogel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Danilo Šegan <danilo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>  * Many Ubuntu-related mailing list requests, which should instead live
>> on lists.ubuntu.com
>
> What if we
>
>  a) Put a big notice there reminding people to create Ubuntu lists at
>     lists.ubuntu.com, and
>
>  b) If a list has ubuntu in its name, interpose a warning+confirmation
>     screen, and
>
>  c) For the few mistakes that still happen, just do post-facto review
>     and move them over to ubuntu.com as needed.

Sounds good to me.

I filed <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/launchpad-foundations/+bug/409588>
for this.  (btw is launchpad-foundations the bit that owns lists?)

>> In general, any mailing list request should not wait for more than 1
>> working day as is right now.
>
> The difference between "instantaneous" and "any delay at all" is
> infinite, and is a real problem.  When someone is doing a multi-part
> task, if we introduce a delay to *any* part, we've effectively stopped
> the task until that person next gets time to work on it.
>
> This makes Launchpad unfriendly to opportunistic collaboration.  And
> since the task itself might be part of some larger group activity, these
> delays can cascade through the system, affecting many people.

Yes, that's exactly what I was noticing with Ian.  He needs to either:

1- apply for the list then remember to come back to the task the next
day in the hope it's been approved, or

2- send the announcement before people can actually use the link -
therefore essentially foisting the same handoff onto all of them.

Also, I may be wrong, but there may be a delay over the weekend when
there are no Launchpad Canonical staff working - but many users do
their open source hacking on the weekend.

-- 
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>