[xml/sgml] separate mailing list for packages ???

[Ardo van Rangelrooij]

Geert Stappers (stappers@stappers.nl) wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:14:35PM -0600, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote:
> > Adam Di Carlo (adam@onshored.com) wrote:
> > > Ardo van Rangelrooij <ardo@debian.org> writes:
> > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
>  <snip/>
> > > >
> > > > The address would simply be
> > > >
> > > >   debian-xml-sgml-pkg@lists.alioth.debian.org
> > > >
> > > > Any objections?  Any other thoughts?
> > > 
> > > Is another list really necessary?  If someone wants notice of a
> > > package upload, they can use the PTS stuff.
> > 
> > Well, it's not so much for other people (which indeed can probably better use the
> > PTS stuff) but more ourselves.  People interested in what we're doing but not so
> > much interested in messages related to package uploads and bug reports would not
> > bothered with these latter messages if we redirect them to a separate mailing list.
> > 
> > The -devel list would then be like debian-devel (but hopefully without all the
> > nonsense that's usually on there) and the new -pkg list would be a combination
> > of debian-bugs-dist and debian-devel-changes.
> 
> For PTS, AFAIK, you have to subscribe to each package separately,

which works fine if you're interested in only one or two packages (like I'm
subscribed to the packages I'm sponsering)

> with debian-xml-sgml-pkg@lists.alioth.debian.org you are on a mailinglist
> where XML/SGML related packages are (will be)

Yep, good point.  And yes, the plan is to make all the packages have the group as
maintainer and one or more uploaders.

> > 
> > It's just a thought...
> 
> I think it is a good thing(TM)
> The caveat is that will work when more package are assign to it.

This is in the works.

> My long term plan is to move Conglomerate to the XML/SGML group.

Cool!

Thanks,
Ardo
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