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[Duncan McGreggor <duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Stefano Maffulli <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On 09/13/2012 01:45 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:
> > That would be option B2 ("single user/general list, named openstack"):
> > openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > I think it's the clearest to avoid cross-posting...
> >
> > Reminder: here were the other options:
> >
> > Option A1 ("separate operators, general named openstack-general"):
> > openstack-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-operators@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Option A2 ("separate operators, general just named openstack)":
> > openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-operators@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Option B1 ("single user/general list, named openstack-user"):
> > openstack-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > openstack-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> All lovely options, if we started with mailing lists today.
> Unfortunately we already have the list openstack-operators *and* we have
> the general list to move to a new host. I'd rather not move *two* lists,
> annoying two large sets of people and losing many of them in the
> process. Sometimes (and I believe this is one of the cases) you have to
> live with 'technical debt'.
>
> The viable options are A1 or A2 or A3*
> (s/openstack-general/openstack-users/) or
>
> Option C (dev, announce and operators as user/general list --no renames,
> no moving stuff around, just a new description)
> openstack-operators@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> openstack-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> openstack-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>

Given no option Bs, the simplicity of option C is most appealing to me.

d



>
> > Option Z ("keep current situation"):
>
> forget about this, we have to move out of LP for lists.
>
> I would go with option C but if that's not an option then let's create a
> new list (B1 nomenclature for the new list gets my vote) and leave
> -operators as is.
>
> /stef
>
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