Re: [Xen-devel] [Xen-API] [Proposal] Additional mailing lists for specific purposes

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 08:30 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 22.04.13 at 18:42, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It also raises questions about naming conventions for new lists. Should 
> > lists be
> > - xen-...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or should they be
> > - xenproject-...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> I certainly dislike xenproject-*; 

Me also, very much so...

> if any renaming is to be done, then
> I'd suggest dropping the xen- prefix altogether, since e.g.
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is specific enough.

A subproject specific prefix which is used consistently is probably a
good idea though. xen-foo@ helps to separate the foo list for the
hypervisor from the foo list for other subprojects (xenapi-foo,
mirage-foo etc) whereas just foo@ doesn't have that property.

Ian.


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