Open Stack

On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 15:01 -0700, Stefano Maffulli wrote:
> On Mon 27 Aug 2012 02:08:48 PM PDT, Jason Kölker wrote:
> > I've noticed that both this list and the old launchpad lists are being
> > used. Which is the correct list?
> 
> Right, we are in the middle of a renovation :)
> 
> The situation *at the moment* is summarized on 
> http://wiki.openstack.org/MailingLists
> 
> To try to answer your question, the mailing list  for the developers of 
> OpenStack to discuss development issues and roadmap is 
> openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org (this list). It is focused on the 
> next release of OpenStack: you should post on this list if you are a 
> contributor to OpenStack or are very familiar with OpenStack 
> development and want to discuss very precise topics, contribution ideas 
> and similar. Do not ask support requests on this list.
> 
> The old Launchpad list should be closed so we don't rely on Launchpad 
> for mailing list anymore. Last time we talked about this I don't think 
> we reached consensus on how to move things around and where to land 
> this General mailing list. A few people suggested to use the exisiting 
> openstack-operators mailing list as General list, therefore not 
> creating anything new.
> 
> Moving a group of over 4000 people from one list on Launchpad to 
> another on our mailman is scary. Unfortunately we can't export the list 
> of email addresses subscribed to Launchpad and invite them to another 
> list (LP doesn't allow that).  The first question is: where would 
> people go for general openstack usage questions (is 'operators' the 
> best fit?) Then, what do we do with Launchpad mailing list archives? If 
> we find an agreement we can aim at closing the old LP-hosted mailing 
> list around the summit, where we will be able to announce the new list 
> destination to many people.

I think someone needs to be policing the launchpad list then proactively
telling people not to discuss development there and to take it to the
correct list. Its getting very hard to follow the threads with all the
cross posting and random forwarding to "loop-in" the other list.

Happy Hacking!

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