Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 16:42:00 +1000 From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I get a new freebsd- mailing list made Message-ID: <74EC0260-68C7-48C1-93C9-4AB1B2D6DD84@nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <1499c28b-769f-3e3c-47bc-3b9011b0c52f@freebsd.org> References: <CAGBxaXkn=eG%2BozQAqt6Vi2zw37gva9JHdXYjFNMyg94_vXoM6g@mail.gmail.com> <cdae89a0-3070-1637-1166-371e776d06ee@freebsd.org> <F0D85CD2-3E1D-4F65-B707-61AA6FF24CB2@nimnet.asn.au> <1499c28b-769f-3e3c-47bc-3b9011b0c52f@freebsd.org>
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On 23 April 2023 4:53:54 am AEST, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd=2Eorg= > wrote: > On 22/04/2023 18:48, Ian Smith wrote: > > On 23 April 2023 12:53:26 am AEST, Graham > Perrin<grahamperrin@freebsd=2Eorg> wrote: > > > =E2=80=A6 > > > > > =20 > ><https://bugs=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/bugzilla/enter_bug=2Ecgi?product=3DServi= ces> > > > > > > Component: Mailing Lists > > > > In the olden days, one would email postmaster@freebsd=2Eorg for > advice=2E > > > > cheers =20 > Thanks, I /guess/, that's still good advice=2E >=20 > I did check <https://www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/community/mailinglists/>,=20 > <https://docs=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-= mail>, > <https://wiki=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/FrontPage/Section/Community>; and=20 > <https://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/>; before posting; there was no hint of > where to begin=2E There already are LOTS of lists, so I guess nobody's encouraging too many = more, when perhaps existing ones might serve? > If you were to seek the advice, which of those pages might you check > first? > (Excluding lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg=2E) Call me old-fashioned, but my instinct is to reach for a human first - and= I had a warm, cooperative connection with a former lead postmaster over ye= ars, and recent contact with two present team members has been cordial and = fruitful=2E (Not wanting to dob them in for random gratuitous contact either, I'm sure= they'd get quite enough of that) https://www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/administration/ > Whilst I can't find an example of /Mailing Lists/ being used to > create a mailing list, <https://bugs=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/267813>; was a rece= nt example > of changes of address=2E That became more a meta-discussion re possible ramifications of renaming l= ists, and ccs include two postmaster team members anyway=2E I know it's somewhat counter to good, up to date, contemporary documentati= on but communities rely to a fair degree on oral traditions too - so there = exists a bit of tension there; knowing which is bathwater and which is baby= , if you like=2E cheers
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