Re: [Savannah-help-public] [sr #106581] doing something about stale jobs?

[Brandon Invergo]

Hi Karl et al.

I've sent out a good number of messages (~50) and I've started getting
some responses. Generally the response is good: some simply forgot about
the posting and want it closed, some took the cue to update and some
have removed the posts themselves. No one seems upset by the proposal.

Two notes:
1) Jobs don't have a "Closed" status, but they do have a "Deleted"
status which does what we intended (the post remains in the system but
not visible on the list). I've changed the wording of my email to
reflect that. (just an FYI)
2) Updating the text of the post does not actually bump the date. So,
can it be changed manually? Or should we just not worry about it?
Another option would be to have the user put something like "Updated 14
Feb 2012" in the description. 

I already have a couple of requests for the closing or updating to be
done on their behalf. I wanted to only send out to a portion of the
total posts, to see how the response was. Shall I wait until I've sent
out messages to the rest before taking action? Or shall I put the
"action list" online somewhere for an admin to take care of it?

Cheers,
Brandon

On Sat, 2012-02-04 at 16:28 -0800, Karl Berry wrote:
> Here's an updated proposed letter
> 
> Looks great, Brandon!  I say go for it :).
> 
> Thanks much,
> k