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I also want to know why we can't create/use a forum: It'll be more organized, easier to seach, more categorized and more user frendly for new comers

So what do you think?

Regards

Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:42:26 +0100
From: lars.kurth@xxxxxxx
To: chip.childers@xxxxxxxxxxx
CC: xen-arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-API] [Proposal] Additional mailing lists for specific purposes

Hi,

seems nobody has any views. How about I make a more concrete proposal. I also noticed that we have no real global list for voting and proposals (and to discuss issues like this). I have to include all lists, which creates spam. As already indicated on the blog, at some point we should move to @lists.xenproject.org, which will cause some impact on mailfilters, etc. (similar to when we moved from @lists.xensource.com to @lists.xen.org about a year ago). So that may be a good opportunity to deal with some inconsistencies that have grown over time.

It also raises questions about naming conventions for new lists. Should lists be
- xen-...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or should they be
- xenproject-...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
And then of course, should any convention be forward looking or should we rename lists to be consistent and (as we are already changing @lists.xenproject.org, changing the actual list name may not be any worse).

On new lists, we will need lists for

xenproject-marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ... maybe xenproject-publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx hits it better than marketing (seems to work for debian)
I need something for votes and discussions that cut accross sub-project and teams. Maybe xenproject-proposals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or xenproject-decisionmaking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx? Just putting these into the room: none of these sound right to me. Maybe xenproject-leadership@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is better?
We will have a list for the advisory board, which wants to be totally open and transparent. So this would be xenproject-advisoryboard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and I will post minutes, etc. of the last meeting when we created the list.
xenproject-private, if we actually need it would work too. However the advisory board recommended in the meeting last week not to have any private lists at all. So maybe we don't need this.

Also, for example XAPI does not have a separate dev or user list. That is also one to consider at some point.

Anyway, I am just putting these into the room for discussion.

Lars

On 19/04/2013 04:52, Chip Childers wrote:

On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 06:52:09PM +0100, Lars Kurth wrote:

1) A list for coordinating blog posts, other communication,
attending of event, etc. - not sure about the name, so am looking
for suggestions. I am not sure whether we should have public
archives: comparable lists of other projects don't.

From an outsider / lurker perspective, xen-marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx is a
good fit.

2) A semi-private invite mailing list for ALL project leads,
committers and maintainers of ALL projects hosted on xen.org

Similarly to above: xen-private@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Both of these list names are used in other projects I'm working with /
observe.

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