Mathieu Lirzin <m...@gnu.org> skribis: > Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.ta...@gmx.net> writes: > >> On 21.12.2015 17:21, Eric Bavier wrote: >>>>> Should we create a help-g...@gnu.org mailing list specifically >>>>> to answer user questions? >>>> >>>> Consistent naming schemes are important. I object. How about >>>> >>>> guix-h...@gnu.org >>> >>> I would agree with this, but we already have bug-g...@gnu.org. >>> >>> Ludo, are email list names in any GNU guidelines? > > I don't think there is a guideline, but there is tradition (sometimes > not followed) of conventional names for GNU mailing lists, which are: > > info-...@gnu.org help-...@gnu.org bug-...@gnu.org foo-de...@gnu.org
Yes, this is all described in the GNU maintainers guide: http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Standard-Mailing-Lists.html In fact, Savannah enforces/encourages that convention for GNU packages. My initial question was more about whether it would make sense to create such a list, rather than how to call it. Sorry for being unclear! Ludo’.
