Re: fuse-devel list on kernel.org

["Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Apr 07, 2026 at 08:05:36PM +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/7/26 14:29, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 2:25 PM Bernd Schubert <bernd@bsbernd.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 4/7/26 14:04, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 10:34:33PM +0100, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> >>>> I'm taking Darricks example here and posting API changing libfuse
> >>>> changes to linux-fsdevel. We should consider to create a fuse
> >>>> specific list if that is too much. The existing
> >>>> fuse-devel@lists.sourceforge.net is rather hopeless due to lack
> >>>> of spam filtering.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Let's do this already!
> >>>
> >>> https://korg.docs.kernel.org/lore-archives.html
> >>>
> >>> Do you want me to send the email to kernel.org?
> >>>
> >>> I suggest that we ask for fuse-deve@lists.linux.dev
> > 
> > Just don't copy paste my fuse-deve typo in the request ;)
> > 
> >>> and then we can migrated the old sourceforge archives
> >>
> >> I'm all for a new fuse mailing list.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> As far as I can understand getting the archives from sourceforge
> >>> required the admin password:
> >>>
> >>> https://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Mailing%20List%20Archives/
> >>>
> >>> Mikos,
> >>>
> >>> Will you be able to handle the archive migration?
> >>
> >> Have that password from Nikolaus.
> >>
> > 
> > Excellent, so will you be sending that email to helpdesk@kernel.org?
> 
> I can login here as admin:
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/admin/fuse-devel with the admin
> password.
> 
> Here https://lists.sourceforge.net/mbox/fuse-devel which is supposed to
> create the mbox file it asks for "user" and password. Assuming the
> password is the same, what is the "user"? Also tried my user sourceforge
> credentials, does not work either.
> 
> Can we defer this a bit? Too many things to do and I think for now
> reviewing Joannes Patches and finishing sync-init and Darricks mail has
> a higher priority than fighting with sourceforge mbox.

I don't have a problem with deferring, but FYI you don't have to have
old ML history ready to go when you apply for a new list.  It, erm, took
us months to scrounge the entire xfs history together after linux-xfs
was created.

--D