Re: [Xen-API] Proposal to rename xen-api mailing list

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Anil,

> It's quite a lot of trouble renaming mailing lists (in terms of address book 
> entries, archives, and so on).
The impact on users is fairly limited: the main impact is on the sysadmin side. 
 Basically we need to rebuild archives and set up redirects for archive pages 
and emails. This means that as a user you can keep on using the old list name 
(but of course it will be cleaner to use a new one). The main impact for user 
is on mail filters. 

> I would prefer a xapi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list for now, where both 
> developer discussion and user 
> enquiries are welcome (i.e. this list).
That would be a possibility, however the reality is that today most traffic on 
xen-api is user traffic, with the occasional developer question. Choosing 
xapi-general, was a reflection of this. My personal view is to have two lists, 
but Mike as project lead does not agree as he is worried that the developer 
list would be too quiet and thus would discourage new developers. This is a 
valid point.

Lars

________________________________________
From: Anil Madhavapeddy [anil@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 June 2013 17:58
To: Mike McClurg
Cc: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Lars Kurth
Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Proposal to rename xen-api mailing list

It's quite a lot of trouble renaming mailing lists (in terms of address book 
entries, archives, and so on).

I would prefer a xapi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list for now, where both 
developer discussion and user enquiries are welcome (i.e. this list).

Then we can create a xapi-users list in the future when the volume of those 
queries rises, and redirect responses from this list as needed.  Existing 
members of the xapi-devel list won't have to make any changes to their workflow.

I'd hope that most of the really basic user enquiries go via sites such as 
Serverfault anyway...

-anil

On 12 Jun 2013, at 16:06, Mike McClurg <mike.mcclurg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi xen-api list,
>
> With the creation of the Linux Foundation Labs Xen Project, and the Xapi 
> Project sub-project, we need to think about renaming our current mailing list 
> to align itself with the new project names.
>
> Eventually we will move our mail host from lists.xen.org to 
> lists.xenproject.org. When this happens, we should probably change the name 
> of the mailing list itself. I propose that we follow the naming conventions 
> published on the Xen Project web site:
>
> http://www.xenproject.org/help/mailing-list/100-misc/139-mailing-list-conventions.html
>
> Since this mailing list is both a users list (for XCP users) and a developer 
> list (for xapi development questions), I propose that we name the new list:
>
> xapi-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> If we find out later that having a single list for both user and developer 
> discussion is untenable, we can then split up the xapi-general list into 
> xapi-devel and xapi-users.
>
> So, I'd appreciate it if everyone who is interested in this topic reply to 
> this email with your comments. If there isn't strong dissent, I will create 
> the list xapi-general and migrate this list to it. The other option is that 
> we make two lists, xapi-devel and xapi-users. We'll decide on Monday, 18 June 
> what the final list name will be, and we'll announce the cutover date some 
> time later.
>
> Mike
>
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