[ofa-general] Opinions on moving Linux InfiniBand/RDMA mailinglist to vger?

[Jeff Squyres]

+1

On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:02 PM, Jeff Becker wrote:

> Roland Dreier wrote:
> > Lately, I've had a few emails that I thought would have been of  
> interest
> > to both lkml and also to general at lists.openfabrics.org.  I've held  
> back
> > on cross-posting them because I know that general@ is subscribers- 
> only,
> > and the bounce messages are quite annoying to replies coming from  
> lkml.
> >
> > The general@ list is subscribers-only because the openfabrics.org
> > sysadmin team is already overworked without trying to keep an open  
> list
> > spam free.  (I say that with no intention to criticize the
> > openfabrics.org admins -- they do a terrific job of keeping things
> > running with the limited resources available; it's more a  
> testament to
> > how impressive the vger mailing list admins are)
> >
> > I've also noticed one or two messages about the possibility of  
> moving
> > another moderated list to vger.  Certainly I prefer open lists that
> > don't require subscriptions to post.
> >
> > So with that background, what would people think about creating an  
> open
> > vger list (say, linux-rdma at vger.kernel.org) to carry the discussion
> > currently on general at lists.openfabrics.org?  (The transition plan  
> would
> > probably be to keep the general@ list for a month or two, with  
> frequent
> > announcements of the new list, until archives etc. have caught up  
> with
> > the switch)
> >
>
> +1
>
> -jeff
>
> > Thanks,
> >   Roland
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