On Dec 11, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Andrea Pescetti > <pesce...@openoffice.org> wrote: >> Il 11/12/2011 Rob Weir wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Andrea Pescetti <...> wrote: >>> >>>> - A support list, named ooo-users-it at incubator.apache.org >>>> - A project list, named ooo-project-it at incubator.apache.org >>> >>> I wonder if ooo-general-it.i.a.o might be possible, instead of >>> ooo-project-it.i.a.o? >> >> >> It would be possible but suboptimal, as "general" is not "general" for us, >> since most people will want to subscribe to "users" and the "project" list >> would be "specific" (i.e., for volunteers) and not "general". This is why I >> wrote: >> >>>> I propose to ... use "ooo-project-it" instead of "ooo-general-it" >>>> >>>> since it is much easier to understand for us. >> >> >> Then we could revise the names at graduation time; it might well be that the >> Japanese list is renamed too. >> > > > Tt is a convention at Apache for the main list of a project to be a > "dev" list and for it to cover more than just coding. But we could > decide to make a different convention if we think it would be less > confusing to our community. > > To me "general" means a general project list, not specifically dev, or > qa or marketing, but all of these functions. > > I don't have a strong preference for one naming scheme over another, > but it would be good to be consistent. If we go with "project" then > maybe we rename ooo-dev to proj...@openoffice.apache.org at > graduation?
The consistency is as follows: (1) MLs have this form: ooo-*@incubator.a.o (2) NL MLs have the form: ooo-*-<nl-code>@i.a.o (3) Apache convention is about the main list being ooo-dev@a.i.o. I've seen nothing to suggest it has to apply to every NL. (4) ML names have to be valid for Apache Infra and not profane or otherwise problematic. I think we have to follow each NL's understanding of their own language. So, totally +1 to Andrea's plan. Regards, Dave > > -Rob > > >> Anyway it's clear that neither of ooo-general-it and ooo-project-it would be >> a final list name, since the "ooo" acronym will much likely disappear upon >> graduation. I was merely trying to get names a bit more in the right >> direction. >> >> If ooo-project-it is not OK, settling on ooo-general-it will surely be >> better than leaving several hundreds people waiting for a solution. >> >> Regards, >> Andrea.
