I just talked to Mike McClurg the XCP project lead, regarding this list.
So it appears that xen-api@ is already largely used for XCP user
questions as well as questions on the usage of XAPI.
So I see no strong reason to not rename the list to xcp-users, or
xcp_and_xapi-users or something similar. Technically this should be
possible, although there will be an impact to list users in that mail
filters would break. It would also drive xcp user traffic which also
happens today in xen-users to this list. The Q&A system described below,
would exist in parallel.
Please let me know your views. My proposal going forward is to
a) continue the informal discussion started by this thread for a little
longer
b) make a proposal and then have a vote
c) implement changes, including correcting the information on the wiki
and the xen site
Regards
Lars
On 06/05/2012 20:49, Lars Kurth wrote:
On 06/05/2012 09:00, William Baum wrote:
Has there been discussion of moving these projects into a real online
community with message forums and so forth?
There has been a discussion and as part of the new xen.og website
there will be a stackoverflow like Q&A system. An early prototype is
out there already. See
http://new-www.xen.org/index.php/community/xen-questions.html
The categorization is still wrong, the webdeveloper moved a few FAQs
from the xen wiki to give me a feel what this would look like : I
think the categories should be
Xen / Getting Started Questions related to getting started, such as
set-up questions, etc.
Xen / Troubleshooting Issues related to Xen
Xen / Advanced Questions related to advanced Xen features
XCP / Getting Started Questions related to getting started, such as
set-up questions, etc.
XCP / Troubleshooting Issues related to XCP
XCP / Advanced Questions related to advanced XCP features
Xen ARM Questions and issues related to Xen ARM
Community Questions related to events, community, social activities,
etc.
I originally was thinking of migrating the user list to a forum, but
that had a lukewarm reception. Moving the developer lists to forums is
rejected outright by developers.
Given that the new site should be live in 2-3 months, I am reluctant
to introduce a new xcp user mailing list now : too many places for
discussions fragment the community.
Renaming this list to xen-xcp may improve things a little.
We could channel user questions to a renamed xen-xcp list for the next
few months until the Q&A system is in place.
Let me talk to the XCP project lead and to a few people and come up
with a proposal.
Thanks for raising this
Lars
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