On 2017-09-17 Alexander Wirt <formo...@debian.org> wrote: [...] > - Distribution lists for use in the Maintainer: field. We suggest > that, with maybe some extra code, this use-case could be well served > by the tracker.debian.org service for almost all purposes. For > larger teams, such as the Debian Perl Group, a list on lists.debian.org > might be another option. [...] > Proposed Timeline: > * 2018-02-01: mailing lists on Alioth are disabled; incoming mail is > no longer accepted.
Hello, thanks for the heads-up. The maintainer e-mail address is listed not only on packages.debian.org but also on "dpkg -s ..." et. al. Users send support e-mail there. Imho either the mailing lists need to run a lot longer (possibly until stretch EOL) or (prefered) the old list-address should redirect to the new one. > * May 2018 (with the wheezy EOL): alioth is shut down; mailing list > archives are unavailable. (A static export/dump will be provided > in some convenient location.) Would it be possible to keep the list-archives online, indexed by search-engines? These are static pages, aren't they? There is some interesting information there and removal from the web makes it hard to find. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'