[Buildbot-devel] Volunteering and some suggestions.

[exarkun at twistedmatrix.com]

On 03:36 am, dustin at zmanda.com wrote:
>On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Gavin <gavin at 16degrees.com.au> wrote:
>>2. I think it would benefit this project _greatly_ if Buildbot Trac 
>>Issues
>>were linked to the mailing list. All Issue activity I feel should be 
>>relayed
>>to the list so everyone knows what's happening there. Having this 
>>current
>>discontinuity between the list and the open issues is stifling 
>>progress.
>>People will go to the Issue Tracker and get more involved I feel if 
>>they can
>>see what is going on from their inbox. There are many patches there 
>>and
>>recent issues that some folks here probably have no clue about unless 
>>they
>>remember to check the tracker. The issue tracker is just a nice way to 
>>file
>>issues, but the mailing lists is where it all happens.
>
>I had *never* thought of this, but I think it's a great idea.  I'm not
>too sure how to accomplish it, but I'm sure it's possible.

As long as this doesn't result in huge bursts of spam for everyone on 
the list, as the naive approach probably will.

Jean-Paul