[U-Boot-Users] RFC: mailing list transfer

Ben Warren
2008-08-01T15:27:18Z

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> 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?
>

Great idea