[Python-Dev] comp.lang.python.announce

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "GS" == Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org> writes:

  GvR> If Marcus and Gandalf don't moderate quickly the community can
  GvR> oust them.
  JH>  A painful process.  Vladimir/Gandalf seems to have disappeared
  JH> completely.  (The original message in this thread bounced when I
  JH> sent it to him.)  The only way to add new moderators without
  JH> Marcus's help is to have a new RFD/CFV process.  It would be like
  JH> creating the newsgroup all over again, except we'd have to
  JH> convince the moderator of news.announce.newsgroups that the
  JH> current moderator was unfit first.

  GS> Nevertheless, adding more moderators is the "proper" answer to
  GS> the problem. Even if it is difficult to get more moderators into
  GS> the system, there doesn't seem to be a better alternative.

Proper is not necessarily the same as possible.  We may fail in an
attempt to add a moderator without cooperation from Marcus.

  GS> Altering the mailing list gateway will simply serve to create
  GS> divergent announcement forums.

If only one of the forums works, this isn't a big problem.

Jeremy