Re: SPI lists

I suggest a merge.

Brief and mobile

- louis

On 2010-11-12, at 2:41, Joerg Jaspert <joerg(at)ganneff(dot)de> wrote:

> Heyho,
>
> we currently have the following lists for SPI up and running:
>
> Spi-announce - Software in the Public Interest announcements
> Spi-board - SPI board
> Spi-bylaws - By-laws revision committee discussions
> Spi-general - General discussions related to Software in the Public Interest
> Spi-private - Discussions for SPI members
> Spi-projects - Projects of SPI
> Spi-trademark - trademark committee discussions
> Spi-www - SPI web-server related discussions
>
> From those the -www and -bylaws look unused:
>
> -bylaws: Last mail 6th April 2009, spam, regular mail asking if the
> list is alive in 2007 and the answer pointed to -general
> -www: Last regular mail in October, someone wanting to work in
> Plone, before that it was November 2009, someone not
> remembering to be on list, before that December 2008
>
> spi-projects also seems to be a "treasurer announces his report there"
> only list, but that could be seen as good for the liasions who don't want
> much more. Or so.
>
> Anyways, the question at hand, while moving the list server, is: Do we
> want to keep this lists? Or want to close them and "merge" the topic back
> into spi-general/private? If there ever happens to be significant
> traffic on one topic again, we can always reopen a list, but for now
> they seem to be just work without no gain (keeping the moderation queues
> low, all of our lists attract quite a lot of spam, which we luckily
> can filter, but its work to do).
>
> spi-www - Meant for the SPI website, it had CVS commits in the
> past. Since Plone got in use that isnt true anymore. We
> *could* start this again, but then I would more think of a
> general -commits list that gets all of our git repositories
> commits mailed. Besides that, discussion about website - seems
> to be on IRC and could easily go to -general. Its not that
> much, really.
>
> spi-bylaws - Yeah sure, someone really needs to update them. We say that
> as long as I know SPI. I don't see it happen on this list,
> I think -general works.
>
> --
> bye, Joerg
> Homer no function beer well without.
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