[haiku-web] Re: Renaming mailing list before R1
- From: "Jorge Mare" <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:57:42 -0700
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Salvatore Benedetto <emitrax@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2008/8/17 Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> "Niels Reedijk" <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Maybe, as list admin, can get in touch with freelists to see whether
>>> it is absolutely impossible to change the name. They might have a
>>> procedure to do this kinds of things.
>>
>> I received an answer from freelists.org: they generally don't rename
>> lists, as the process is manual.
>> However, they are offering us to make an exception for
>> openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, since we're with them for so long, and the list
>> is rather large (they also mentioned that the process is not terribly
>> reliable, whatever that means).
>> They asked us to provide the new name and a date when the change should
>> be carried out.
>> Is haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx okay, and if so, can it be carried out right
>> now?
>
> I'm more in favour of haiku-user@xxxxxxxxxxxx , but I have nothing
> against haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Perhaps setting up a date, like the 1th of September should be ok, if
> that's ok with
> the freelist team, so that we can make an announcement with the current name.
>
> As for the other mailing list, since the traffic seems to be _very_
> low, we can just close
> and create new ones with standardized name, like haiku-<topic>@freelist.org.
If renaming the list means that the message archives will be located
in a different URL, then the change of name will create a lot of
broken links.
Closing (but not removing) openbeos and creating a haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
may be a better option. People would have to re-subscribe though.
Jorge
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