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[Robert Collins <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Errata: I meant 'launchpad-canonical-reviewers' not
'launchpad-reviewers'. The former is a private list, the latter a
genuine LP list.

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Robert Collins
<robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>