From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL shortcircuit=no autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 X-Original-To: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29DC120899; Wed, 7 May 2014 21:25:23 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 21:25:23 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: Michael Fischer Cc: Eric Wong , =?utf-8?B?SsOpcsOpbXk=?= Lecour , Liste Unicorn , unicorn-public@bogomips.org Subject: Re: [ANN] unicorn 4.8.3 - the end of an era Message-ID: <20140507212523.GA22785@dcvr.yhbt.net> References: <20140507080527.GA31124@dcvr.yhbt.net> <20140507094632.GA26422@dcvr.yhbt.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Post: Michael Fischer wrote: > Is there some compelling reason why the mailing list simply cannot be > moved to another provider? IMHO your users and fellow developers > shouldn't have to do anything other than change the submission > address. We would need to migrate again if/when that provider goes dead or service starts deteriorating. Ease-of-migration and being forkable again in the future was the top priority. If I'm hit by a bus or start allowing too much spam, it should be trivially easy to migrate the project[1] and all its archives and infrastructure. > I respect your desire to power the communication platform with free > software (and I'm sure this can still be done with Mailman or > whatever), but keep in mind the practical reality of our time, where > most of us these days are now comfortably using Webmail or or POP/IMAP > against a remote server that's not under the user's control and have > no desire to implement yet another communication conduit. I will probably take the addresses of active subscribers who've posted here[2] imported into the new delivery system, even. It would be great to be able to make the list of ML subscribers public, too, to ensure forkability. I'm not sure how the lurkers will react to that, though... [1] of course, whoever takes over may not be a Free Software zealot like myself. [2] those addresses are already public, but lurkers will probably have to resubscribe (or use ssoma or the Atom feed).