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

Jacob Marble
2009-09-18T21:19:32Z

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Jacob Marble <jacobmarble@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> I would like to volunteer.
>
>>
>>
>>> 3) Export the list of subscribers.
>>
>> That will be me.
>>
>>
>>> 4) Import the list of subscribers.
>>
>> Probably the same volunteer.
>>
>>
>
> I don't have a server that would work for this, but I think it would
> be nice to find a service that hosts FOSS projects for free, but
> normally charges for the service.  That way, no one in the batman
> project has to worry about servers failing/upgrading/migrating/etc.
>
> The first example that comes to mind is XMission because they are my
> ISP.  They use Mailman (same as we're using now), so we might even be
> able to transfer the messages on the current Mailman server to the new
> one.  I'm not at all familiar with Mailman, but I'll call them today
> and see what they say.
>
> http://mailman.xmission.com/
>
> Jake
>

I just got off the phone with a sales guy at XMission. He says
mailing lists are US$3/month. I can cover this.
How does that sound, Marek? Do you have something else in mind?