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Re: [RFC] mailing list host

Author hwright
Full name Hyrum K. Wright
Date 2009-11-11 06:41:10 PST
Message On Nov 11, 2009, at 2:47 AM, Alan Barrett wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Nov 2009, Hyrum K. Wright wrote:
>> What about running the two lists in parallel for a couple of weeks,
>> and adding a notice to the footer indicating that users@s.t.o will
>> disappear on a given day? I don't like the long-term idea of having
>> to subscribe and monitor Yet Another List, but doing so in the short
>> term to get people to migrate sounds reasonable.
>
> People often move mailing lists without forcing users to
> unsubscribe/resubscribe, and without fracturing into disjoint old and
> new lists. I am astonished that the subversion community is even
> considering fracturing the lists.

Oh, I'd really prefer not to. That was just an olive branch to folks who think we should be doing them in parallel. :)

> I am sure you can figure out the technical details of how to do it, but
> from a user perspective, I want:
>
> * At least 7 days' notice of what the changes will be, so I can adjust
> my email filters, aliases, bookmarks, expectations.
>
> * I stay subscribed to the list, but I notice that messages have
> different headers indicating that the list has moved.
>
> * subscribe or help messages, or attempts at posting, when sent to the
> old addresses, either return a useful error message referring to the
> new procedure, or simply forward to the new addresses.
>
> * new archive contains both old and new messages.
>
> * old archive URLs to continue to work for a long time (at least
> for old messages but not necessarily for new messages), possibly
> via HTTP redirects to a new archive location.

This is really good information. Thanks for helping us understand your perspective.

-Hyrum

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[RFC] mailing list host gstein Greg Stein 2009-11-09 12:16:44 PST
     Re: [RFC] mailing list host hwright Hyrum K. Wright 2009-11-09 12:19:55 PST
     Re: [RFC] mailing list host Lorenz <lorenznl at yahoo dot com> Lorenz <lorenznl at yahoo dot com> 2009-11-15 23:40:55 PST
     Re: [RFC] mailing list host markphip Mark Phippard 2009-11-09 12:24:45 PST
         Re: [RFC] mailing list host cmpilato C. Michael Pilato 2009-11-10 07:56:37 PST
             Re: [RFC] mailing list host markphip Mark Phippard 2009-11-10 08:01:25 PST
                 Re: [RFC] mailing list host hwright Hyrum K. Wright 2009-11-10 08:08:11 PST
                     Re: [RFC] mailing list host markphip Mark Phippard 2009-11-10 08:12:16 PST
                         Re: [RFC] mailing list host hwright Hyrum K. Wright 2009-11-10 08:29:40 PST
                     Re: [RFC] mailing list host Alan Barrett <apb at cequrux dot com> Alan Barrett <apb at cequrux dot com> 2009-11-11 00:47:30 PST
                         Re: [RFC] mailing list host hwright Hyrum K. Wright 2009-11-11 06:41:10 PST
                             Re: [RFC] mailing list host markphip Mark Phippard 2009-11-11 06:55:27 PST
                                 Re: [RFC] mailing list host hwright Hyrum K. Wright 2009-11-11 06:59:03 PST
                                     Re: [RFC] mailing list host cmpilato C. Michael Pilato 2009-11-11 07:05:06 PST
                                 Re: [RFC] mailing list host brane Branko Cibej 2009-11-11 08:40:34 PST
                 Re: [RFC] mailing list host ghudson Greg Hudson 2009-11-10 08:21:19 PST
                     Re: [RFC] mailing list host Justin Erenkrantz <justin dot erenkrantz at gmail dot com> Justin Erenkrantz <justin dot erenkrantz at gmail dot com> 2009-11-10 13:12:05 PST
                         Re: [RFC] mailing list host jackrepenning Jack Repenning 2009-11-12 14:37:00 PST
                             Re: [RFC] mailing list host jackrepenning Jack Repenning 2009-11-12 14:39:55 PST
                             Re: [RFC] mailing list host hwright Hyrum K. Wright 2009-11-12 14:50:32 PST
                                 Re: [RFC] mailing list host jackrepenning Jack Repenning 2009-11-12 15:10:53 PST
     Re: [RFC] mailing list host jerenkrantz Justin Erenkrantz 2009-11-09 13:33:08 PST
     RE: [RFC] mailing list host rhuijben Bert Huijben 2009-11-10 01:28:25 PST
     Re: [RFC] mailing list host cmpilato C. Michael Pilato 2009-11-10 07:53:46 PST
     Re: [RFC] mailing list host arfrever Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis 2009-11-12 21:51:37 PST
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