From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthias Fuchs Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:45:59 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] RFC: mailing list transfer In-Reply-To: <20080801151749.86998248BF@gemini.denx.de> References: <20080801151749.86998248BF@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <200808041745.59321.matthias.fuchs@esd-electronics.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Hi Wolfgang, yes, please do so. I just returned from vacation and got unsubscribed again :-( Matthias On Friday 01 August 2008 17:17, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to get your general opinion about moving the > "u-boot-users" mailing list away from SourceForge and host it on > lists.denx.de instead. > > > There is a couple of reasons for this: SourceForge has freuently been > slow; there have been reports from many users who got unsubscribed > repeatedly for no clear reason; the mailing list archive at SF is > painful to use; and, most of all, we have only limited ways to change > the configuration, and with any other request we depend on the mercy > of SF support, which is, ummm, sloooow. > > Another reason is that this would make it easier for us to cross-link > between messages on the mailing list and entries in the upcoming bug > and patch tracking system. > > > If we have a majority agreeing with this change, I suggest to proceed > as follows: > > * The new mailing list will be created as u-boot-users at lists.denx.de > * The mailing list archive will be transferred from SF to DENX > * The archive services (gmane etc.) will be notified about the change > * All currently subscribed users and their settings will be > transferred from SF to DENX > * After a cut-off date, all users are requested to use the new ML only > [that will be the complicated part]. > * The ML at SF will be set to read-only to make clear it is no longer > * in use. > > Do you think this is a reasonable plan? Any hints, ideas, tips? > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk >