The reason for doing this is a result of the last board meeting. The PMC had to
discuss something on the private mailing list simply because PMC members don't
subscribe to every list, nor do they want to, so it was not possible to have
the discussion on the correct mailing list.
Ralph
> On Mar 7, 2017, at 9:20 PM, Matt Sicker wrote:
>
> I may be missing some mailing lists considering I just subscribed to half of
> them less than five minutes ago.
>
> This is a vote to merge the various Apache Logging Services mailing lists.
> The proposal is to combine them as follows:
>
> log4j-dev@, log4php-dev@, log4net-dev@, log4cxx-dev@ ->
> [email protected]
> log4j-user@, log4php-user@, log4net-user@, log4cxx-user@, general@ ->
> [email protected]
>
> commits@ and private@ remain the same as before.
>
> The proposal would also suggest that the old emails become aliases for the
> combined email names so as not to lose any future emails. To distinguish
> between projects, a subject tag can be added such as:
>
> [java]
> [net]
> [cxx]
> [php]
>
> Though I wouldn't think such a tag is required, though it should help in
> gaining the attention of the appropriate audience.
>
> Voting:
>
> +1: Yes, combine the mailing lists!
> +0: Go ahead, don't care that much.
> -0: Don't like it, but not vetoing it.
> -1: No, don't do that! I have a better idea!
>
> This vote follows the same "lazy consensus" (at least 3 +1 binding, no
> -1/vetoes) we use for general releases and whatnot. The vote will be open for
> at least 72 hours.
>
> --
> Matt Sicker
