I vote for #1. The infatructure is already in place, the overhead is
taken care of. I'm a fan of keeping it simple, and not fixing things
that aren't broken :) Changing the mailing list infastructure just for
nominal reasons seems pointless and will only serve to create more work
for others :)
Regards,
Steve
On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 13:40:46 -0500 (EST), Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote
> OK, so we need to come to a decision on how Fedora mailing lists will work
> as we grow, because we're starting to get requests from various folks to
> start them up.
>
> We've got the following options to consider:
>
> 1. Continuing to host mailing lists at Red Hat. This is the easiest
> option, and considering that Red Hat sponsors lots of mailing lists, no
> big deal, really. We've got a good infrastructure for getting them
> created relatively quickly.
>
> 2. Move mailing lists to fedoraproject.org. Other than independence from
> redhat.com, what does this buy us? What is this independence from
> redhat.com worth? And is Seth even willing/able to maintain this?
>
> 3. Have mailing lists anywhere and everywhere; whoever wants to set up a
> mailing list can set up a mailing list, and we can link them all and note
> them as "authoritative project list" or not as we see fit.
>
> Let's get some answers, and quick. I've got 3 requests for mailing lists
> @redhat.com waiting on the burner.
>
> --g
>
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I vote for #2. :)
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