Re: address@hidden is premoderated

[Carlos O'Donell]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 4:30 PM Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
>
> * Carlos O'Donell:
>
> > The GNU C Library main development list was pre-moderated for almost 5
> > years. During that period we moved a lot of conversations to the glibc
> > help mailing list using moderation. This helped new users get started
> > in a more welcoming environment. Just an example of a public technical
> > FOSS list that used moderation. Most people didn't know it was
> > pre-moderated.
>
> Interesting.  When was this?  This must have been at a time when
> contributing to glibc was … difficult for non-technical reasons, right?

The moderation was in effect from 2008-2012.

Yes, contributing to glibc was difficult at this time for non-technical reasons.

Cheers,
Carlos.