Yeah, that's big problem... Especially when you are trying to keep track on lots of topics... I suppose this solution will do letters' prioritisation at least easier for developers and everybody who is subscribed on openstack-dev.
Nice idea. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Thierry Carrez <thie...@openstack.org>wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I think that we have recently reached critical mass for the > openstack-dev mailing-list, with 2267 messages posted in October, and > November well on its way to pass 2000 again. Some of those are just > off-topic (and I've been regularly fighting against them) but most of > them are just about us covering an ever-increasing scope, stretching the > definition of what we include in "openstack development". > > Therefore I'd like to propose a split between two lists: > > *openstack-dev*: Discussions on future development for OpenStack > official projects > > *stackforge-dev*: Discussions on development for stackforge-hosted projects > > Non-official "OpenStack-related" projects would get discussed in > stackforge-dev (or any other list of their preference), while > openstack-dev would be focused on openstack official programs (including > incubated & integrated projects). > > That means discussion about Solum, Mistral, Congress or Murano > (stackforge/* repos in gerrit) would now live on stackforge-dev. > Discussions about Glance, TripleO or Oslo libraries (openstack*/* repos > on gerrit) would happen on openstack-dev. This will allow easier > filtering and prioritization; OpenStack developers interested in > tracking promising stackforge projects would subscribe to both lists. > > That will not solve all issues. We should also collectively make sure > that *usage questions are re-routed* to the openstack general > mailing-list, where they belong. Too many people still answer off-topic > questions here on openstack-dev, which encourages people to be off-topic > in the future (traffic on the openstack general ML has been mostly > stable, with only 868 posts in October). With those actions, I hope that > traffic on openstack-dev would drop back to the 1000-1500 range, which > would be more manageable for everyone. > > Thoughts ? > > -- > Thierry Carrez (ttx) > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > -- Best regards, Dina Belova Software Engineer Mirantis Inc.
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