Hi Dennis, Let's figure out all the different email lists are needed, and then decide where they go.
Please add the list to the wiki. Regards, Dave On Nov 17, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > I got it wrong. > > Dan Lewis reported the address as authors@ documentation.openoffice.org, not > feedback@ (he said documentation.office.org too). > > What is of concern is the address given in PDFs and printed versions of the > User Guides. > > For example, on the acknowledgment page (inside cover) of the Getting Started > with OpenOffice.org (3.2) book, the feedback for comment or suggestions is to > be addressed to authors@ user-faq.openoffice.org. A later version (3.3) of > that book uses authors@ documentation.openoffice.org. > > The authors@ list was quite active, running down from 97 posts in June down > to > 2 posts in October. I didn't see any spam though. Just discussion among > authors and answering questions from users. > > ODFAuthors will use an address of their own from now on and I suspect that > includes by updates to the Wiki pages and PDF downloads. > > There remains the question of what to do about the > @documentation.openoffice.org links that are in existing artifacts out there > in the world somewhere. > > I don't think forwarding from authors @documentation.openoffice.org to a > non-Apache address is a good idea. So maybe the use of a generic bounce is > the thing to do. > > An alternative would be to forward it to an ooo-documentation@ i.a.o and the > ODF Authors could subscribe to it, field questions about their material, > etc., > if they choose. It may be some time before any other documentation is > available and the traffic to ooo-documentation would probably meander to that > eventually. If that were easy enough to do, I think it would provide the > best > continuity of service. > > My interest is to ensure that the issue is recognized at ooo-dev and that > this > and similar cases are known. Then our response can be on-purpose with full > knowledge of the situation.. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Weir [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 18:54 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [odfauthors-discuss] Feedback link for our documents > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >> HI Dennis, >> >> +1. We'll need to include a [email protected] in the >> migration plan. >> > > Where the did [email protected] come from? > > The documentation lists are here: > http://openoffice.org/projects/documentation/lists > > I don't see any "feedback" list. And from what I can tell, the legacy > doc sets requested feedback to be sent to > [email protected] > > In any case, we should remember that the SYMPA lists are overrun with > spam. Ask any moderator of these lists. Forwarding that spam to > another list would be very unkind, especially since the target list > would have no ability to unsubscribe the spammers, Neither would be. > You can see what that would lead to over time... > > The best we might be able to do is send back a stock bounce notice for > incoming emails, with an explanation of the move to apache and a link > to a wiki page that shows where the common services and lists can now > be found. That would catch this case as well as any others. > > -Rob > > >> Regards, >> Dave >> >> On Nov 17, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: >> >>> I think Dan's proposal to change to an independent ODFAuthors feedback >>> address >>> is appropriate. >>> >>> Meanwhile, where there are copies that can't be modified, it seems >>> desirable >>> to see if a special arrangement can be made for feedback@ >>> documentation.openoffice.org. I suspect there might be a similar concern >>> for >>> links included in previously-distributed/-downloaded OpenOffice.org suites >>> too. >>> >>> Taking the liberty to copy ooo-dev again. >>> >>> - Dennis >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: >>> odfauthors-discuss-bounces+dennis.hamilton=acm....@lists.odfauthors.org >>> [mailto:odfauthors-discuss-bounces+dennis.hamilton=acm....@lists.odfauthors.org] >>> On Behalf Of Dan Lewis >>> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 13:58 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [odfauthors-discuss] Feedback link for our documents >>> >>> Bottom post >>> >>> [ ... ] >>> >>> Then I am using [email protected] in the Base >>> Chapter for OOo. That does seem to be the best solution. >>> Now to figure out how to change this in all the chapters already >>> written for OOo. And there is the documents on the wiki and books being >>> sold by Lulu. Several things to think about and to get done. >>> >>> -- >>> Dan >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> odfauthors-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.odfauthors.org/mailman/listinfo/odfauthors-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> odfauthors-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.odfauthors.org/mailman/listinfo/odfauthors-discuss >> >>
