[Python-Dev] c.l.p.a -- what needs to be done ?

[Guido van Rossum]

> I've asked this question before: when are we going to see
> comp.lang.python.announce back online ?
> 
> I know that everyone is busy with getting the betas ready,
> but looking at www.python.org I find that the "latest"
> special announcement is dated 22-Mar-2000. People will get
> the false idea that Python isn't moving anywhere... at least
> not in the spirit of OSS' "release early and often".
> 
> Could someone please summarize what needs to be done to
> post a message to comp.lang.python.announce without taking
> the path via the official (currently defunct) moderator ?
> 
> I've had a look at the c.l.p.a postings and the only special
> header they include is the "Approved: fleck@informatik.uni-bonn.de"
> header.
> 
> If this is all it takes to post to a moderated newsgroup,
> fixing Mailman to do the trick should be really simple.
> 
> I'm willing to help here to get this done *before* the Python
> 2.0beta1 announcement.

Coincidence!  Barry just wrote the necessary hacks that allow a
Mailman list to be used to moderate a newsgroup, and installed them in
python.org.  He's testing the setup today and I expect that we'll be
able to solicit for moderators tonight!

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)