On Sat, 17 Nov 2018, Lorenz wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:31:21 +0100
> > On Thu, 15 Nov 2018, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> >>...
> > > Please create new mailing list.
> >> ....
> > > Currently I do maintain runit init system and related tools {dh-runit
> > > and *-run packages} myself, but as contributors appear, there is need
> > > in coordinating efforts and team maintainance.
>
> Alexander Wirt <formo...@debian.org> wrote:
> > In my eyes this list is far too special for lists.debian.org.
>
> Hi Alexander,
> as a runit user and contributor I support Dmitry request for a dedicated
> mailing list.
> Currently available way to contribute to runit are
> * Open a bug/whishlist, possibly providing a patch
> * Contact the maintainer privately with mail (1 to 1 comunication)
> * pull request on salsa
> Contributions are scattered across these three, sometimes a mix happens,
> and it's difficult to have a clear idea of what's going on.
> See bug #912937, an example of mixed public/private comunication,
> with the chat going offtopic towards runit's overall state in Debian.
>
> A dedicated mailing list can help avoid duplication and maybe gather
> some new contributors. There is not a huge list of topics to discuss,
> but all are relevant/low level stuff like
> * How (when/if) to integrate runit with 'init-system-helpers'
> * maybe discuss a template for runscripts
> * if and how introduce runlevel support
> * how to handle emergency shell
> Those things can easily break a system and one wants to avoid
> "try --> error --> retry" routine, some discussion before may help.
>
> Finally, for packages like *-run scripts, there will be (hopefully) more
> than one contributor,
> could be handy to have a runit mailing list to set as maintainer with
> contributors as uploaders..
> Hope you can change your mind
Thats possible, but lists.debian.org is not for package maintenance lists.
Alex
