so that ubuntu-motu@lists.u.c redirects to
ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.u.c. Email redirection is fairly trivial
when you have access to control mail flow. So I would not be as
concerned about there being a "lost contact field" in that case.
Thomas
On 10/18/23 15:57, Laurent Lyaudet wrote:
> Hello :),
>
> I found this list while searching contact information for this package:
> https://packages.ubuntu.com/lunar/python3-uinput
> Search Ubuntu MOTU Developers on the web page.
> I think there must be a good number of packages where this list is
> given as contact.
>
> Best regards,
> Laurent Lyaudet
>
> Le mer. 18 oct. 2023 à 02:45, Steve Langasek
> <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com> a écrit :
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> There is a mailing list, ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com, that sees very little
>> activity. While MOTU as a concept still exists for those who are approved
>> uploaders to universe but not main (https://launchpad.net/~motu), it's been
>> quite some time that this list is not being used for discussions within that
>> subcommunity of developers.
>>
>> Indeed, I think most MOTU are probably not tracking the list at all, and a
>> look at the message history over the past 6 months shows the only threads
>> started on there are from users asking for help with one universe package or
>> another. It's not clear to me how users are finding this as a contact
>> address, but it's not a good experience for them; the list is infrequently
>> moderated (I have the impression that it's less frequently than
>> ubuntu-devel*), and there are only a handful of developers who answer on the
>> list (myself, Robie, maybe a few others?).
>>
>> I'd therefore like to propose we close this mailing list and forward the
>> address on to ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com, which at least has a
>> larger subscriber base and is more likely to result in users getting help
>> with their questions.
>>
>> Opinions?
>>
>> --
>> Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
>> Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
>> Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/
>> slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
>> --
>> Ubuntu-motu mailing list
>> Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
--
ubuntu-devel mailing list
ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
