RFC: deprecate some mailing lists/addresses
Currently we have a bunch of rarely-used mailing lists and aliases,
and I'd like to rationalize the situation for several reasons, one of
which is to reduce spam.
What I propose to do is
1. alias the addresses for crashes, xemacs-mule, xemacs-winnt to
xemacs-beta, including
a. rewrite that address in-place (if possible) to xemacs-beta
b. leave the old archives in place (and eventually remove the spam
that flooded in the back door)
2. change the informal charter for xemacs-beta to allow, but strongly
discourage (at least at first), discussion in non-English
languages (xemacs-mule allows any language, but that facility is
extremely rarely used; I don't think this will be a problem)
3. alias the address for xemacs-beta-ja to xemacs-users-ja
4. invite users with other language needs to request
xemacs-users-LANG lists, or to move existing lists to XEmacs.org
(we currently have Russian and Japanese)
5. after about six months for the rarely used lists, and a year for
xemacs-winnt, remove the obsolete aliases.
6. get rid of the xemacs-news gateway to c.e.x
Comments?
If you just want to express approval or disapproval, but don't want to
post a rationale, feel free to reply to me <stephen(a)xemacs.org>
off-list, I'll summarize in about a week.
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