Re: Updating the Maintainer field in preparation for Alioth's shutdown?
Hi Raphael,
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 02:10:30PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2018, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
> > 3. If a team manages to get a lists.debian.org address, it's
> > recommended that they switch the Maintainer fields in their packages
> > from the Alioth list address to that address, right?
>
> It depends on your choice. But I would not recommend this. I would largely
> prefer if teams relied on tracker.debian.org to get all the automated
> mails, that way lists on lists.debian.org contain only generic
> discussions.
A mailing list is not just helpful to distribute e-mails to certain
people. The mail archive feature is a very valuable thing to refer to
previous mails which as far as I understand is not provided by
tracker.d.o. That's why I do not consider tracker.d.o as a full
replacement.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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