Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 22:58:30 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> Cc: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>, FreeBSD Advocacy <advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: National mailinglists - why isn't it there yet? Message-ID: <20080302215830.GC4881@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200803022126.m22LQjqo067322@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <20080302210434.GB80576@hoeg.nl> <200803022126.m22LQjqo067322@fire.js.berklix.net>
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Quoting Julian H. Stacey, who wrote on Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 10:26:45PM +0100 .. > Ed Schouten wrote: > > > > --WYTEVAkct0FjGQmd > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Content-Disposition: inline > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I was just speaking with another dutch FreeBSD user (and developer) > > about FreeBSD mailing lists. > > > > I know so far most of the national FreeBSD user groups have their own > > infrastructure that doesn't use any services from the FreeBSD project > > (for example, the Dutch BSD User Group, D-BUG). > > > > Even though I am convinced the FreeBSD project should remain focused on > > developing its flagship product, the operating system, I think the > > community would have a great advantage if the project would already host > > national mailing lists, which should only be used for questions in the > > rare cases where the person doesn't understand English, but mainly to > > coordinate activities which have a national scope. > > > > These mailing lists could be used to discuss upcoming events and > > conferences, but could also be used for discussions about translations > > of the documentation. > > > > Is there a reason why such mailing lists don't exist yet? If not, what > > kind of procedures should one follow to create a mailing list for a > > certain language? > > > > --=20 > > Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl> > > Only country I know of is Germany: In that case there is a DNS > localy delegated namespace sub domain de.freebsd.org, & within that > there were (last I looked) 7 lists run from a majordomo@ (not a > mailman@ http:// interface though they do have a mirror of the > standard http:// stuff ) Each country's localy oriented nationals > can do their own thing within that. To comment specifically on D-BUG from .nl : that user group is effectively dead. The remaining money on the D-BUG bank account has been transfered to the NLUUG (Netherlands Unix Users Group). I know because I had to sign for that transfer to happen. Not enough volunteer force to keep it afloat summarises it. Wilko -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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