bug squad join requests

[Brian Murray]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 03:51:02PM -0500, C de-Avillez wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-06-29 at 12:32 -0700, Brian Murray wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:01:11PM -0400, David Tombs wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Is there any other way to handle join requests to bug squad? It's pretty
> > > frustrating that I just delete most of the emails that come to this list
> > > these days. Is launchpad not capable of automatically sending an email
> > > to the administrators when someone requests to join?
> > 
> > Yes, this is possible with Launchpad but we want applicants to
> > acknowledge that they have read the triaging guidelines.  Maybe there is
> > some other way we can get this done?
> > 
> > Or alternatively is it really important that we have people read them
> > before asking to join?  Perhaps we could just modify the team membership
> > welcome message to say: "Please read the following documentation ...."
> > 
> 
> Perhaps we can simplify. Requests to join are done on the bugSquad page
> [1], where there *is* a blurb with a pointer on what to do.

I think the whole Launchpad team page could use some loving and as a
part of that we could just stick the requirements there.
 
> My experience is that most requestors do not even read this blurb, much
> less email the ML.
> 
> So we could:
> 
> 1. make the blurb more visible (all CAPS?);
> 2. take out the need to email the ML;
> 3. adjust the welcome message to state "Please read...".
> 
> But I would really like to keep the requirement to sign the CoC [2].

Yes, of course that would not go away!
 
--
Brian Murray
Ubuntu Bug Master
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