On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I would like to get your general opinion about moving the > "u-boot-users" mailing list away from SourceForge and host it on > lists.denx.de instead. > > > There is a couple of reasons for this: SourceForge has freuently been > slow; there have been reports from many users who got unsubscribed > repeatedly for no clear reason; the mailing list archive at SF is > painful to use; and, most of all, we have only limited ways to change > the configuration, and with any other request we depend on the mercy > of SF support, which is, ummm, sloooow. > > Another reason is that this would make it easier for us to cross-link > between messages on the mailing list and entries in the upcoming bug > and patch tracking system. > > > If we have a majority agreeing with this change, I suggest to proceed > as follows: > > * The new mailing list will be created as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * The mailing list archive will be transferred from SF to DENX > * The archive services (gmane etc.) will be notified about the change > * All currently subscribed users and their settings will be > transferred from SF to DENX > * After a cut-off date, all users are requested to use the new ML only > [that will be the complicated part]. > * The ML at SF will be set to read-only to make clear it is no longer > * in use. > > Do you think this is a reasonable plan? Any hints, ideas, tips?
Yes... but I'll take this opportunity to suggest that kernel.org hosting might provide better support with far less effort... then again, I don't need to maintain it, so I really shouldn't care. :-) g. -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users