Re: [jruby-user] Mailing lists need to be migrated off Codehaus

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+1 for Discourse ... of course there's caveats since there would need to be
a dedicated installation somewhere ;(

... not to mention migrating existing messages/users might be "hacky" as
there seems to not be an official way, but than again it's just Ruby :)

G shuts down services at will esp. ones without revenue (e.g. google code),
and groups seems like it's stagnating so it's hard to tell it's future.

K.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 5:14 PM, R. Tyler Croy <[email protected]> wrote:

> (replies inline)
>
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2015, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:
>
> > As some of you may know, Codehaus is being shut down. As a result,
> > we'll need to migrate the JRuby lists to another service.
> >
> > Given that the old lists are going to be nuked from orbit, I think
> > we're justified in transplanting the entire mailing list to a new
> > service without making people re-subscribe.
> >
> > Tom and I think we should condense the "dev" and "user" lists into
> > one. There's not enough traffic to warrant separate lists.
> >
> > I'm not sure what service to use. Google Groups would be the easiest,
> > but people have all sorts of concerns about using it. Librelist is
> > kinda deprecated...Zed even warned me away from using it. Suggestions?
> >
> > We'll be making this transition pretty quickly, since the Codehaus
> > services are set to be shut down next month.
>
>
> We've had good success within the Jenkins project with Google Groups with
> one
> caveat, it's important to nominate lieutenants to help manage the periodic
> spammers and other membership management tasks that can come up during the
> course of the mailing list.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> - R. Tyler Croy
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><br></div>+1 for Discourse ... of course th=
ere&#39;s caveats since there would need to be a dedicated installation som=
ewhere ;(<br><br></div>... not to mention migrating existing messages/users=
 might be &quot;hacky&quot; as there seems to not be an official way, but t=
han again it&#39;s just Ruby :) <br><br>G shuts down services at will esp. =
ones without revenue (e.g. google code), and groups seems like it&#39;s sta=
gnating so it&#39;s hard to tell it&#39;s future.<br><br></div><div>K.<br><=
/div><div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue,=
 Apr 14, 2015 at 5:14 PM, R. Tyler Croy <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"ma=
ilto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</sp=
an> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">(replies inline)<br>
<span class=3D""><br>
On Tue, 14 Apr 2015, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; As some of you may know, Codehaus is being shut down. As a result,<br>
&gt; we&#39;ll need to migrate the JRuby lists to another service.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Given that the old lists are going to be nuked from orbit, I think<br>
&gt; we&#39;re justified in transplanting the entire mailing list to a new<=
br>
&gt; service without making people re-subscribe.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Tom and I think we should condense the &quot;dev&quot; and &quot;user&=
quot; lists into<br>
&gt; one. There&#39;s not enough traffic to warrant separate lists.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I&#39;m not sure what service to use. Google Groups would be the easie=
st,<br>
&gt; but people have all sorts of concerns about using it. Librelist is<br>
&gt; kinda deprecated...Zed even warned me away from using it. Suggestions?=
<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; We&#39;ll be making this transition pretty quickly, since the Codehaus=
<br>
&gt; services are set to be shut down next month.<br>
<br>
<br>
</span>We&#39;ve had good success within the Jenkins project with Google Gr=
oups with one<br>
caveat, it&#39;s important to nominate lieutenants to help manage the perio=
dic<br>
spammers and other membership management tasks that can come up during the<=
br>
course of the mailing list.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
- R. Tyler Croy<br>
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