Re: How do I get a new freebsd- mailing list made

On 23 April 2023 4:53:54 am AEST, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> wrote:
 > On 22/04/2023 18:48, Ian Smith wrote:
 > > On 23 April 2023 12:53:26 am AEST, Graham
 > Perrin<grahamperrin@freebsd.org>  wrote:

 > >   > …
 > >   >
 > >  
 > ><https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Services>
 > >   >
 > >   > Component: Mailing Lists
 > >
 > > In the olden days, one would email postmaster@freebsd.org  for
 > advice.
 > >
 > > cheers
 

 > Thanks, I /guess/, that's still good advice.
 > 
 > I did check <https://www.freebsd.org/community/mailinglists/>, 
 > <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-mail>,
 > <https://wiki.freebsd.org/FrontPage/Section/Community> and 
 > <https://lists.freebsd.org/> before posting; there was no hint of
 > where to begin.

There already are LOTS of lists, so I guess nobody's encouraging too many more, when perhaps existing ones might serve?


 > If you were to seek the advice, which of those pages might you check
 > first?
 > (Excluding lists.freebsd.org.)

Call me old-fashioned, but my instinct is to reach for a human first - and I had a warm, cooperative connection with a former lead postmaster over years, and recent contact with two present team members has been cordial and fruitful.

(Not wanting to dob them in for random gratuitous contact either, I'm sure they'd get quite enough of that)

https://www.freebsd.org/administration/


 > Whilst I can't find an example of /Mailing Lists/ being used to
 > create a mailing list, <https://bugs.freebsd.org/267813> was a recent example
 > of changes of address.

That became more a meta-discussion re possible ramifications of renaming lists, and ccs include two postmaster team members anyway.


I know it's somewhat counter to good, up to date, contemporary documentation but communities rely to a fair degree on oral traditions too - so there exists a bit of tension there; knowing which is bathwater and which is baby, if you like.

cheers