Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] mailing list migration (was: development flow)

Marek Lindner
2009-09-08T17:54:53Z

On Wednesday 09 September 2009 00:01:46 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> The steps as i see it:
>
> 1) Make a decision about which list server to use.

I think as soon as we havea short list of options we can make the decision. At
the moment I see no need/desire for a long discussion. :-)

> 2) Contact the sysadmin and ask for a list to be setup.

Volunteer needed here.

> 3) Export the list of subscribers.

That will be me.

> 4) Import the list of subscribers.

Probably the same volunteer.

> 5) Modify the MX record.

That will be Elektra.

> I guess vger is probably the least flexible about domain names. Mail
> coming from the list might not be using the lists.open-mesh.net
> domain. So maybe someone should ask sourceforge and sourceware if they
> could provide the list using this domain.

If possible I'd like to keep the domain name. It will create less confusion.

> > I can create git.open-mesh.com so that we have an official git to pull
> > from ?
>
> I think this is a good idea. It is probably easier for GregKH to do a
> pull then handle lots of patches.

Elektra already created the DNS record. I will setup the necessary stuff in the
next days.

Regards,
Marek