I just talked to Mike McClurg the XCP project lead, regarding this
list. So it appears that xen-api@ is already largely used for XCP
user questions as well as questions on the usage of XAPI.
So I see no strong reason to not rename the list to xcp-users, or
xcp_and_xapi-users or something similar. Technically this should be
possible, although there will be an impact to list users in that
mail filters would break. It would also drive xcp user traffic which
also happens today in xen-users to this list. The Q&A system
described below, would exist in parallel.
Please let me know your views. My proposal going forward is to
a) continue the informal discussion started by this thread for a
little longer
b) make a proposal and then have a vote
c) implement changes, including correcting the information on the
wiki and the xen site
Regards
Lars
On 06/05/2012 20:49, Lars Kurth wrote:
On 06/05/2012 09:00, William Baum wrote:
Has there been discussion of moving these projects into a real online
community with message forums and so forth?
There has been a discussion and as part of the new xen.og website
there will be a stackoverflow like Q&A system. An early
prototype is out there already. See http://new-www.xen.org/index.php/community/xen-questions.html
The categorization is still wrong, the webdeveloper moved a few
FAQs from the xen wiki to give me a feel what this would look like
: I think the categories should be
| Xen
/ Getting Started |
Questions
related to getting started, such as set-up questions,
etc. |
| Xen
/ Troubleshooting |
Issues
related to Xen |
| Xen
/ Advanced |
Questions
related to advanced Xen features |
| XCP
/ Getting Started |
Questions
related to getting started, such as set-up questions,
etc. |
| XCP
/ Troubleshooting |
Issues
related to XCP |
| XCP
/ Advanced |
Questions
related to advanced XCP features |
| Xen
ARM |
Questions
and issues related to Xen ARM |
| Community |
Questions
related to events, community, social activities, etc. |
I originally was thinking of migrating the user list to a forum,
but that had a lukewarm reception. Moving the developer lists to
forums is rejected outright by developers.
Given that the new site should be live in 2-3 months, I am
reluctant to introduce a new xcp user mailing list now : too many
places for discussions fragment the community.
Renaming this list to xen-xcp may improve things a little.
We could channel user questions to a renamed xen-xcp list for the
next few months until the Q&A system is in place.
Let me talk to the XCP project lead and to a few people and come
up with a proposal.
Thanks for raising this
Lars
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