Lars Kurth
2013-Apr-23 08:10 UTC
Re: [Xen-API] [Proposal] Additional mailing lists for specific purposes
> I also want to know why we can''t create/use a forum: It''ll be moreorganized, easier to seach,> more categorized and more user frendly for new comersI don''t think that our developers will want a forum. However for user questions, we created http://xenproject.org/help/questions-and-answers.html which are inessence a forum. You just need to start using it. On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 6:10 PM, samir benkhellat < benkhellat_samir@hotmail.com> wrote:> 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@xen.org > To: chip.childers@sungard.com > CC: xen-arm@lists.xen.org; xen-devel@lists.xen.org; xen-api@lists.xen.org > 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.orgabout 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-...@lists.xenproject.org, or should they be > - xenproject-...@lists.xenproject.org > 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@lists.xenproject.org ... maybe > xenproject-publicity@lists.xenproject.org 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@lists.xenproject.orgor > xenproject-decisionmaking@lists.xenproject.org? Just putting these > into the room: none of these sound right to me. Maybe > xenproject-leadership@lists.xenproject.org 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@lists.xenproject.org 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@lists.xen.org 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@lists.xen.org > > Both of these list names are used in other projects I''m working with / > observe. > > > > > _______________________________________________ Xen-api mailing list > Xen-api@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-api >_______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel