On 7/26/2010 7:08 AM, Bernd Fondermann wrote: > Hi, > > I know this was discussed before, yet I'd like to bring this up again. > > At first, some facts: > + We need a private list > + We need to keep track of our commit logs > + We don't know how long Chukwa will stay in Incubation > > Now, from the Incubator docs: > "Commits under http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/${name} will > be emailed to ${name}[email protected]. It is therefore > recommended that the commit list is named > ${podling}[email protected]. Any deviation will require > special configuration in the asf-mailer file by the IPMC." > > During the proposal discussion phase, it was deemed practical that > we'd change the mailing list names only once. > I don't agree with that, in fact I think this will only generate more work. > > I'd like to propose that we now change all ML names to > [email protected]. and change it to [email protected] on > Incub. exit. This is a well-known, well practiced workflow and will > work seamlessly. > Since there is no need to re-subscribe etc. this will actually be > small-overhead operations, compared to, for example, moving the > website over or doing proper Incubator releases (and I recommend that > all committers make themself familiar with the corresponding docs). In > fact, it would emphasize that we are good Incubator citizens and makes > it easier for Incubator PMC (IPMC) members to successfully do due > diligence on Chukwa when vetting releases and exiting.
That is fine by me. We should clear it by the [email protected] list but I don't expect any friction, since this was all pretty well hashed out before.
