I tried Google groups as an alternativ to setting up a mailman list on fenicsproject.org (which required some non-trivial configuration):
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/fenics-dev Would that be a good alternative, or does it require everyone who wants to post to register for a Google email account? -- Anders On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:48:03PM +0000, David Ham wrote: > A third practical issue, we need to think about how we cleanly > transition branches. > David > Two practical questions: > * Bitbucket issues look nice for tracking bugs. Bur how about the > registered open bugs? Will 'someone' transfer these from Launchpad > or will they be lost in the move? > * Is there any work involved in maintaining the mailinglist? > > Dear FEniCS users and developers, > > > > A couple of weeks back, a discussion got started on whether > > Launchpad/bzr is the best platform for FEniCS development. > > > > Sites like Bitbucket and GitHub are competing heavily to offer > > superior services to coders, the development of bzr seems to have > > stagnated and Git offers several attractive features over Bazaar. > > > > We've discussed various options over the last week with several > > developers, and done some testing and evaluation of our different > > options. Based on these discussions, Garth and I would like to > make > > the following proposal: > > > > 1. Move all the code to Git > > > > 2. Move all the code to Bitbucket > > > > 3. Move the user questions to [2]http://scicomp.stackexchange.com/ > > > > 4. Move the mailing list(s) to [3]fenicsproject.org > > > > 5. Move all the code into a single repository using Git subtress > > > > Some comments: > > > > - Bitbucket and GitHub seem very comparable. One small advantage > of > >  Bitbucket is that they allow free private repositories for > academic > >  use, which some of us already use heavily for papers and > >  presentations. > > > > - If we later want to switch to GitHub, it would be a very > lightweight > >  operation, since it would only involve moving a Git repository > (not > >  user questions, mailing lists, project teams etc etc). We can > also > >  mirror the Git repository on GitHub right from the start so that > >  GitHub users can access it conveniently. > > > > - I've asked the moderators on scicomp.stackexchange whether they > >  would welcome FEniCS user questions and they are very welcoming. > > > > >  [4]http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/338/can-scicomp > -stackexchange-be-used-for-project-specific-questions > > > >  Some work will be required to create instructions on which > >  questions are appropriate to send to scicomp.stackexchange, and > >  which might instead go to the mailing list. > > > > - Let's start with a single mailing list > [5][email protected]. > >  If we need more, we can add it later. > > > > - I haven't thought about the Launchpad PPA service, so that > remains > >  to be discussed. > > > > What we do now is: > > > > - Hear back from the community. I've had a chance to talk to most > of > >  you here at the FEniCS'13 conference in Cambridge, but not all. > >  Please state any objections. > > > > - Move the code over to Bitbucket as soon as we can. Then the > rest. > > > > PS: Thanks to Andy for being so obnoxious and bugging me about why > we > > are still on Launchpad, and for suggesting the use of > > scicomp.stackexchange for the user questions. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: [6]https://launchpad.net/~fenics > > Post to   : [7][email protected] > > Unsubscribe : [8]https://launchpad.net/~fenics > > More help  : [9]https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: [10]https://launchpad.net/~fenics > Post to   : [11][email protected] > Unsubscribe : [12]https://launchpad.net/~fenics > More help  : [13]https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > Referenser > 1. javascript:; > 2. http://scicomp.stackexchange.com/ > 3. http://fenicsproject.org/ > 4. > http://meta.scicomp.stackexchange.com/questions/338/can-scicomp-stackexchange-be-used-for-project-specific-questions > 5. javascript:; > 6. https://launchpad.net/~fenics > 7. javascript:; > 8. https://launchpad.net/~fenics > 9. https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > 10. https://launchpad.net/~fenics > 11. javascript:; > 12. https://launchpad.net/~fenics > 13. https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > 14. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/david.ham _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
