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I would vote for A2. I don't see a need to replace this list.

On Sep 4, 2012, at 4:37 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry at openstack.org>
 wrote:

> Stefano Maffulli wrote:
>> Now, the main question is still open: where should the General mailing
>> list go? Anybody disagrees that we should merge this list into 'Operators'?
> 
> I think there are two options:
> 
> Option A1:
> openstack-general at lists.openstack.org
> openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
> openstack-announce at lists.openstack.org
> openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org
> ...
> "openstack-general" makes it clear this is about general questions and
> things that address the whole community. This would be a straight
> replacement of the current openstack at launchpad mailing-list.
> 
> Option A2:
> openstack at lists.openstack.org
> openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
> openstack-announce at lists.openstack.org
> openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org
> ...
> Same, using "openstack" instead of "openstack-general". Makes it clear
> it's the "default" list.
> 
> Option B:
> openstack-user at lists.openstack.org
> openstack-announce at lists.openstack.org
> openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org
> ...
> "User" would be a merge of the current list with the operators list. The
> benefit is that it matches a recognized pattern in open source project
> lists (-user, -dev, -announce). The drawback is that there is no default
> list for newcomers or general discussion, and operators-specific topics
> will get lost on the -user list, the same way the dev topics used to be.
> 
> Personally, I prefer option A. On one side you have a general list where
> almost everyone lurks, on the other you have several topic- or
> team-oriented lists with sharper focus. One issue is that it's difficult
> to spot important things on the (noisy) general list, but we also have a
> (moderated) -announce list that we can more actively use for things we
> want to make sure everyone sees.
> 
> Any other option ? Which one do you prefer ?
> 
> -- 
> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
> Release Manager, OpenStack
> 
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