On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Ate Douma <a...@douma.nu> wrote: > Please add wording that users migrating to the users@ or dev@ list should > *subscribe* to those lists by sending an empty email to > users-subscr...@netbeans.apache.org or dev-subscr...@netbeans.apache.org > otherwise we (moderators) will get swamped... >
Good point, thanks. > Maybe also helpful to remark that you can anonymously browse the mail > archives via https://lists.apache.org/list.html?us...@netbeans.apache.org > and https://lists.apache.org/list.html?d...@netbeans.apache.org > > All this typically is/should be documented already on the website, but > as we don't have any real (ASF) content yet at netbeans.apache.org new > users easily will get lost. > Yup. In the meantime, and in addition, this is also listed here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/How+to+Participate Gj > > I think the website really needs to get priority attention, also because > otherwise there is no place to communicate and provide the download > links for the current HTML/Java API and upcoming platform releases... > > Ate > > On 2017-11-23 12:06, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> We should, at some stage, put an end to the various netbeans.org mailing >> lists, e.g., nbus...@netbeans.org and the dozen or so other netbeans.org >> mailing lists and ensure that everyone asks questions about NetBeans on >> the >> Apache NetBeans mailing lists instead. Jiri Kovalsky and I, who have >> managed the NetBeans.org mailing lists over the years, propose we send the >> following to ALL the netbeans.org mailing lists at the beginning of next >> week. >> >> Subject for the mail: “January 1st, 2018: End of @netbeans.org Mailing >> >>> Lists and Forum" >>> >>> Text: >>> >>> “If you’ve been following Oracle's Apache NetBeans donation process, >>> you’ll be aware that a large part of NetBeans is in Apache Git already. >>> You >>> should also be aware that mailing lists are available at Apache for >>> purposes of discussing the development and usage of Apache NetBeans. >>> >>> By means of this e-mail, we’re letting you know that as of January 1st, >>> 2018, the @netbeans.org mailing lists will be deleted (they are archived >>> at netbeans.markmail.org), all references to @netbeans.org will, where >>> possible, be replaced with references to Apache NetBeans mailing lists, >>> and >>> everyone will need to manually move to the Apache NetBeans @dev ( >>> dev@netbeans.incubator.apache.org) and Apache NetBeans @user ( >>> us...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org) mailing lists. >>> >> >> >> Anyone asking questions about the usage of NetBeans, whether for Java, >>> JavaScript, C/C++, or any other language or technology, as well as those >>> using the NetBeans APIs for developing modules and applications, will use >>> the Apache NetBeans @user mailing list. If and when it turns out that too >>> many developers of one category dominate the @user mailing list, a >>> separate >>> Apache NetBeans mailing list will be created for them. The Apache >>> NetBeans >>> @dev mailing list is specifically for those committed to working on the >>> development of Apache NetBeans itself, as well as those committed to >>> promoting and documenting it, via events and tutorials, etc. >>> >>> Note that we will be discontinuing the web forums, i.e., >>> forums.netbeans.org, and that in Apache there is no replacement for that >>> — Apache projects work with mailing lists only. >>> >>> Hoping to see you all on the Apache NetBeans mailing lists, you’re >>> encouraged to move there as soon as possible and to not write to the @ >>> netbeans.org mailing lists anymore. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Geertjan & Jirka >>> >>> >> >> Feedback/comments welcome. We'd like to send the above to all the @ >> netbeans.org mailing lists at the beginning of next week. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Gj and Jirka >> >>
