[Mailman-Developers] GSOC Project Discussion

[varun sharma]

Hi Richard,

Currently i have no idea how to implement getting content for tasks done in
the absence of a moderator in the core but i am working on understanding
core in detail. I found it as an interesting feature, so i suggested it.
However it can be skipped also as it is only an add-on feature to vacation
suspension.

What i have interpreted from ToDo list is that it is a common task queue
for every user with same role and will get cleaned up as soon as one of the
user with sane role completes the work given in his ToDo list.
eg: For a new add user request, if one of the moderator accepts/declines
it,then it will get cleaned up from other moderators' ToDo list also.

However what i have proposed for core is without knowing the actual
implementation of core, so i may have proposed some silly/impossible
features for "vacation suspension". Please let me know if there are any.

Thanks
Varun


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Richard Wackerbarth <rkw at dataplex.net>wrote:

> Varun,
>
> It is easy to say "He will receive an email about the tasks done in his
> absence". However, how do you propose to compose that email?
> Where and how is the information used to construct the email stored while
> the moderator is on vacation. If on a queue, which queue? ... etc.
>
> You seem to imply that each individual has a ToDo list of tasks. If that
> is the case, in the normal course of business, how will you handle the
> situation when there are two or more moderators and one of them processes a
> request.
>
> Richard
>
> On May 20, 2013, at 1:01 AM, varun sharma <varunsharmalive at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Steve,
> > I think it will be a good idea to provide an option of digests, as the
> case you have mentioned may occur in a real situation.
> >
> > Hi Richard,
> > Lets take an example of a moderator of some mailing list:
> >
> > ==Before going on vacaton==
> > 1. If someone sends a "new user" request, the moderator will receive an
> email in real time about request.
> > 2. The task will be added to his and other moderators' ToDo list.
> >
> > ==During Vacation==
> > 1. If someone sends a "new user" request, the moderator "on vacation"
> will NOT receive any email about pending "add user" request.
> > 2. The task will be added to his and other moderators' ToDo list.
> >
> > ==After Vacation==
> > 1. He will receive all the emails as he was receiving before going on
> vacation.
> > 2. The pending tasks will show up in his ToDo queue
> > 3. He will receive an email about the tasks done in his absence
> > 4. He will receive email about pending tasks that were added to his ToDo
> list and are still pending.
>
>