[mapserver-dev] GitHub MapServer project membership?

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Alex,

I consider you as part of the MapServer family.  Of course!  I think we 
only need your Github account link (I couldn't find it in your message). 
  -jeff



On 2018-12-10 4:09 PM, Alexandre Leroux wrote:
> Dear MapServer enthusiasts,
> 
> I find GitHub email notifications super useful to keep track of changes 
> to MapServer's code and issues. However, in order to select which of my 
> email address receives those notifications, I would need to be added as 
> a 'MapServer project member' on GitHub [1].
> 
> Would the MapServer leaders be open to add people with little interest 
> to actually contribute code to the MapServer project on GitHub? That 
> would at least be a benefit to me :-) From what I see [2], simple 
> members don't have any special permission that could wreak havoc.
> 
> I fully agree that GitHub itself should allow users to select email 
> addresses for individual repositories. I asked and they answered that 
> they'll consider this future improvement, but there's no way for me to 
> say if/when that's going to be implemented. The simple solution is for 
> me to become a 'member' of the GitHub project, if that sounds possible 
> or makes sense to the MapServer crowd.
> 
> Thank you for considering :-) --Alex
> 
> References:
> 
>  1. https://github.com/orgs/mapserver/people
>  2. https://help.github.com/articles/permission-levels-for-an-organization/
> 
> -- 
> Alexandre Leroux, M.Sc., ing.
> Senior geospatial specialist /
> Spécialiste principal en géomatique
> Data, Performance and Standards Section /
> Section des Données, performance et standards
> Meteorological Service of Canada /
> Service météorologique du Canada
> Environment and Climate Change Canada /
> Environnement et Changement climatique Canada
> alexandre.leroux at canada.ca  - (514) 421-5024
> 
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Jeff McKenna
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