Yes, I don't see how we could make this change without both preserving the archives at their current URLs and importing the mailing list history into the new groups.
--David On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Mike Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Would the existing archives be preserved, including the links to the > messages? They're an important part of the archives of the organization, and > I would be against a change where they're lost. > > -- Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Recordon > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 5:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: OpenID Board (public) > Subject: Re: [OpenID board] [OpenID] Google Groups for your domain > > Hey Mike, > Mailman is quite painful to administer and the web archives are > archaic. Google Groups removes all of the administration headaches, > makes it drastically easier to moderate a mailing list, and provides a > modern public web interface which includes powerful search > functionality. > > The only reason we didn't move to Google Groups a few years ago was > that they weren't offerred on your own domain name. > > --David > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 1:41 AM, Mike Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Maybe I missed the thread, but what is the advantage of making a change when >> we already have working mailing lists? There seems like more risk than >> benefit to doing this. >> >> -- Mike >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Recordon >> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 5:32 PM >> To: Nat Sakimura >> Cc: OpenID Board (public); [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [OpenID board] [OpenID] Google Groups for your domain >> >> Hey Nat, >> Why do we need a motion? Not a single person objected when I started >> the thread. >> >> Less bureaucracy, not more. :) >> >> --David >> >> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:59 AM, Nat Sakimura <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Let us make this to an item for the next board meeting so that we can >>> make a motion to do it. >>> >>> I am +1 on making transition as long as it can be done smoothly. >>> At the same time, we must make a habit of doing it a bit more formally >>> than just making move. >>> >>> The same applies to the move to github from svn.openid.net. >>> (Though, this one may have some implication because it changes the domain >>> name >>> and github is harder to go through corporate firewalls.) >>> >>> =nat >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Chris Messina <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Moving this to the board list, since I'd like to see action/outcome taken >>>> against Dave's proposal. >>>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:19 PM, David Recordon <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm going to ask the Google folks if they can set us up with a Google >>>>> Apps account and see what's involved in converting over and importing >>>>> our mailing lists. >>>> >>>> Dave: any follow up on this? What would it take to move over to Google >>>> Apps? >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Chris Messina >>>> Open Web Advocate >>>> >>>> Personal: http://factoryjoe.com >>>> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/chrismessina >>>> >>>> Citizen Agency: http://citizenagency.com >>>> Diso Project: http://diso-project.org >>>> OpenID Foundation: http://openid.net >>>> >>>> This email is: [ ] shareable [X] ask first [ ] private >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> board mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Nat Sakimura (=nat) >>> http://www.sakimura.org/en/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> board mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board >> >> _______________________________________________ >> board mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board >> > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board > _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-board
