cvsl10n memberships

[Pete Travis]

On Nov 25, 2014 7:45 PM, "Domingo Becker" <domingobecker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 2014-11-25 17:01 GMT-03:00 Momcilo Medic <medicmomcilo at gmail.com>:
> >> I'm asking this because there are quite a few people on the queue.
> >
> > As one of the people on the queue, we asked to join because wiki said
so:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Guide#Join_to_the_group_cvsl10n
> >
> > It is not requirement for us to start translating on TX, but Simon
said...
> > :)
> >
>
> If you create a Fedora account, you need to belong to a group,
> otherwise, it will probably be removed.
>
> I think the main reason to belong to a group is only for
> administrative purposes.
>
> I don't know if we need to belong to a group in order to be able to
> edit the Fedora wiki, common sense says yes.
>
> Translators use an external infrastructure from a long time ago. There
> were times when some new members only applied for an account in the
> external infrastructure, but not for a Fedora account. There were no
> problems with that, new members did a great job during the time they
> were translating.
>
> So, if you apply for a Fedora account, you need to belong to a group.
> Otherwise, you may skip that step (cvsl10n membership in the Fedora
> account system), the current external infrastructure will ask you to
> sign the CLA anyway.
>
> My two cents.
>
> cheers
>
> Domingo Becker
> --

I am really terrible about remembering people's names and area of
involvement, at least before I have talked to someone a few times.  It is
nice to be able to run a FAS query and be reminded of where I encountered
someone.

We have a 'docs' group that is similar.  Besides maybe
fedorahosted.org:/srv/groups/docs,
which is sort of a scratch/training space, it does not provide access to
any resources.  You get to show participation, and cla+1 things like irc
masks, email aliases, voting.  IMO groups like this are a good thing,
especially if there is room for someone to be active in a given area of the
project but no other appropriate FAS group.

Also, people feel ignored if the group is there but their application is
not processed.  If there is consensus that the group has no use, it may be
possible to remove it.

--Pete
--Pete
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