Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:43:40PM -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote: > However, after digging through numerous documentation pages[2], it is > now unclear to me that there is a concensus over the user of > lists.debian.org for such local groups, even though the wiki page says > otherwise. For example,

Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-20 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> martin f krafft writes: […] > So the solution was to get one or two additional people, and > eventually I was even able to invest in more fail-proof hardware. > … and then you ask yourself what to do with all the spare cycles and > wouldn't other LUGs profit from your setup… And you

Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-20 Thread Jon Dowland
Personally, I think l.d.o would be an appropriate home for such things, but I believe the decision is one for the list server admins. Having said that, I think efforts are underway so that the alioth-hosted lists are moved to the l.d.o infrastructure, precicely because it is recognised that running

Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Roger Lynn [2012.09.19.2150 +0200]: > Unless all the members of a group are beginners, isn't this an > opportunity for a more experienced member to learn about hosting > a server, how email works, setting up a mailing list and using > Debian? I first set up a Mailman instance when I ha

Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-19 Thread anarcat
On 2012-09-19, Roger Lynn wrote: > Unless all the members of a group are beginners, isn't this an opportunity > for a more experienced member to learn about hosting a server, how email > works, setting up a mailing list and using Debian? I first set up a Mailman > instance when I had been using Deb

Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-19 Thread Roger Lynn
On 19/09/12 13:50, anarcat wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> [x] E: Host lists on their own server in someones basement > > See that's exactly what I'm talking about - *I* can do this, I can host > lists in my "basement" (or my "freedombox", call it what you like), as > I am an experienced sysadmi

Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-19 Thread anarcat
Hi Paul, and Andrei, thanks for your responses. Andrei POPESCU wrote: > E: debian-community.org (though lists are currently hosted on alioth > as well) I am not familiar with that site, and I get a connexion timeout trying to connect to it as a website here. Paul Wise wrote: > I would suggest th

Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Antoine Beaupré wrote: > We are in the process of kickstarting a Debian User Group (DUG), also > known as a Local Group on the Debian wiki[1], in Montreal. We wish to unite > the Debian Members that are in the city, but also interest the numerous > free software e

Re: status of eligibility of dug lists on lists.debian.org

2012-09-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 sep 12, 23:43:40, Antoine Beaupré wrote: > > So I request opinion from my fellow developers - what should a local > group do to have discussions about their group? Should Debian > infrastructure be available for this? If so, which? > > I see the following options: > > [ ] A: Do nothin