On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, John Poelstra wrote: > For lack of a better place I picked this list for this message. > > During my time in Fedora I have tried to help improve communication and > coordination between the various teams. I'm finding it increasingly cumbersome > to do this with our current set-up and present mailing lists. Recent examples > include the Release Readiness Meetings, Fedora 11 Retrospective, and the > Zikula (CMS) project. > > I'm not a big fan of creating "yet another mailing list" but I think in this > case it makes sense. Previously I've sent announcements to > fedora-advisory-board (f-a-b) and on other occasions created 8 separate emails > to 8 separate lists so as not to upset those sensitive to cross-posting. I > think f-a-b is the wrong place to make cross distro announcements since its > purpose is for transparent board discussion and the overall direction of the > project. On top of that the name doesn't make sense and is not > self-descriptive. > > What I'd like to do is create a mailing list for the purpose of cross project > communication and coordination. The lead(s) from each team would be > subscribed and anyone else interested release coordination and communication > could also join. This would also be the mailing list where decisions about > whether all the teams are ready for launching a particular test or final > release would be captured. > > I'm still looking for a good name for this mailing list--one that conveys its > purpose. Right now I'm leaning towards "fedora-release" while also looking > for any other good ideas out there. > +1 to a list that's not an 'announce' list but allows for various team leads to be notified of things and generally keep everyone in touch with important goings on, questions, etc. -Mike _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
