Hans van Kranenburg
2018-Oct-09 16:08 UTC
[Pkg-xen-devel] Request for a new mailing list: debian-xen
Package: lists.debian.org Severity: wishlist Dear list maintainers, I'd like to request a mailing list for the Debian Xen team, so we can migrate from alioth-lists life support. Name: ----- debian-xen Rationale: ---------- The Xen Hypervisor related packages in Debian are maintained by multiple people as a team. The Xen virtualization software is quite a broad product. It supports different cpu architectures, different virtualization methods, even booting virtual machines in different ways and many use cases from small single server deployment to large clusters using live migration, etc... Users choose their own hardware, their own small or large set of features that they use. The small team maintaining the packages is very much helped by feedback and help from the users of the packages to get a better test coverage and gather feedback. Examples of usage for the mailing list: * Used as maintainer address for the packages, (e.g. for bug reports). * Team members report to the list with progress updates about work that is planned or done and coordinate uploads. * Be an easy accessible place that any Xen user in Debian can use as starting point to ask any related question, even when unsure about things or if a bug should be opened, etc. Or, of course asking what they can do to help. * Bug squash or related meetings can be announced. * Users can be asked to help testing package updates (for stable updates or for new big changes). The archive functionality is important, since it might provide context about why things were done in the past. Here's for example what happened in the last few days: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/pkg-xen-devel/2018-October/thread.html The list has lived on the alioth mailing list service since 2006, and is currently at: https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-xen-devel Note: I'm in the team, but don't have official DM or DD status (yet?). In Cc is Ian Jackson, DD from the team. I'm available to help in whatever way I can to get things moved, but probably Ian also has to push some buttons somewhere. Short description: ------------------ Debian Xen Team Long description: ----------------- Xen packages in Debian are maintained by a team. The mailing list is used for coordinating the work, related discussions and to share ideas. Users of Xen in Debian are also encouraged to join the list to keep up to date with development, and share feedback about using the packages in their specific environment. Category -------- Development lists Subscription Policy ------------------- Open Post Policy ----------- Open Web Archive ----------- Yes