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To chime in as a lurker around here, this sounds good, but why add the
security list? It seems like security specific topics would interest those
subscribed to the general list as well.

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:54 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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