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[Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, launchpad-reviewers is subscribed w/mail to every trunk branch we have.

Its also the team that code reviewers are in.

bzr has recently refactored its subscriptions to give folk a little
more control, and I'd like to do the same for LP;

The -reviewers internal list is a cause of backscatter for some
reviewers, and AFAICT it has two uses:
 - folk can choose not to be subscribed to it (and only get direct
notifications)
 - we get an archive

For the latter purpose, google indexes the merge proposals (it may
lose historic ones but only because we hide their urls; easy fixed).

For the former, I think removing the contact address *and*
unsubscribing the team from trunk branches would allow folk to be a
reviewer and not get every single mail that comes through...

we can create a new team 'launchpad-codereview-subscribers' which has
a subscription to all series branches, with mail turned on, and let
folk join that if they want.

These three changes will:
 - eliminate the remaining source of backscatter
 - while still allowing folk to get the mail or not as they choose.

Alternatively, we can keep one team but replace the contact address
with an LP hosted team, which will also allow folk to be
subscribed-or-not but avoid the backscatter problem (because if the
mail is accepted by LP it will be accepted by the list).

-Rob