Re: [edk2-devel] Resources for Creating Packages

["Laszlo Ersek" <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 1/29/24 19:55, ryderkeys wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 24th, 2024 at 8:30 AM, Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> meta (CC Mike):
>>
>> On 1/22/24 19:25, ryderkeys via groups.io wrote:
>>
>>> (Originally sent to edk2 discuss but it looks like my message has
>>> been stuck in moderation for a week, so I thought I would try here
>>> instead.)
>>
>>
>> I'm now checking the moderation queue for edk2-discuss; I seem to have
>> found your original message there. I'll allow it through in a minute.
>>
>> Problem: moderators don't get email notifications from groups.io about
>> new items to moderate. (I certainly don't.) Other mailing list software
>> tends to send out 1 reminder message per day, IIRC (e.g. Mailman2). This
>> effectively requires moderators to check the WebUI daily, which is very
>> annoying -- most of the time, there is nothing to moderate (or just junk
>> mail to delete), so a daily check is a waste of time.
>>
>> Problem: on the actual WebUI, a few minutes ago I opened the Pending
>> box, and it showed me 3 (three) messages. All of those were pending
>> moderation for edk2-devel. I deleted them (they were all spam), and
>> logged out. I have now logged back in, and am seeing 8 (eight) messages
>> pending moderation -- this time for edk2-discuss. The issue is that the
>> WebUI does not show a summary page to moderators -- I happen to be a
>> moderator for 4 edk2 lists (devel, announce, discuss, rfc), and for
>> covering all of those, I need to separately select each list first,
>> and then check for pending items. In other words, multiply the annoyance
>> described in the prior paragraph by four. :/
>>
>> So, sorry about the delay. This is very easy to miss. Until 2021,
>> checking all four moderation queues had been part of my daily (morning)
>> routine, but since then, I've forgotten about it.
>>
>> Laszlo
> 
> Hi Michael and Laszlo,
> 
> Thank you for help and the links. A document like that was exactly the sort of thing I was looking for, and it was very helpful!
> 
> Re: Laszlo thanks for approving the message. I can try my best to pay the help forward. I think https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/managing-moderator-notifications-about-group-activity/controlling-moderator-notifications-for-individual-groups has some instructions on how to enable email notifications.

Awesome, thanks! That did the trick!
Laszlo



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