[Openstack] Future of Launchpad OpenStack mailing list (this list)

Mark Collier mark at collierclan.net
Wed Sep 12 22:56:25 UTC 2012


+ 2 shekels 

On Sep 12, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Kevin Jackson <kevin at linuxservices.co.uk> wrote:

> My two penneth worth:
> 
> I'd be confused as to what the difference between "general" and "operators" would be and would result in people posting to both - so that goes for openstack at ... openstack-general at ... and openstack-operators@
> 
> It would seem that there is a clear distinction between development questions (-dev), announcements (-announce) and then anything else (people asking for help from a variety of skill levels) - so:
> 
> openstack at ...
> openstack-dev@
> openstack-announce@
> openstack-security@
> 
> Would be my vote (sorry for adding in -security, would that be considered?)
> 
> Cheers,
> Kev
> 
> 
> 
> On 4 September 2012 10:37, 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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