Re: Vouching system (was Re: [oss-security] Closed list)

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Eugene,

On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 05:23:40PM +0800, Eugene Teo wrote:
> Maybe once we have a list of initial members, we should start using a
> vouching system, that the applicant must be referred by someone from the
> list, and we only accept members whom we met and trust. Just a suggestion.

I'm afraid that we'll have to introduce something like this if/when we
create a list not limited to Linux distros (and maybe sooner), but then
we'll have the problem of it being an el8 list.  I think it will be an
improvement over CC lists anyway, but many others appear to disagree.

Alexander