New OpenWrt mailing list for mirror-related announcements

[Baptiste Jonglez]

Up, any objections for this new list?

I actually did not explain the main reason to have such a list: I've got
contact email addresses for all tier-1 mirrors, but I cannot publish them.
And I also don't want to keep them just for myself.  So, a mailing list
looks like a good compromise to keep these contact email addresses around
and not depend exclusively on me to contact mirror operators.

Baptiste

On 28-01-26, Baptiste Jonglez wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Following the work to better formalize the role of mirrors, I would like
> to open a new mailing list.
> 
> It would be similar to https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-announce
> but focused on mirror operations, mostly to communicate important changes
> that all mirror operators should be aware of (e.g. change of config, significant
> additional data being added, old data being removed, etc)
> 
> I think this config would be good to have:
> 
> - name: "openwrt-mirror-announce"
> - public list with archives
> - anybody can subscribe
> - however, only OpenWrt project should be able to write
> 
> About this last point: I anticipate that mirror operators might subscribe
> an address associated to a ticket-system to the list.  This could quickly
> degenerate because of auto-replies if the list is not moderated.
> 
> Does that all make sense?  Is it possible?
> 
> Thanks,
> Baptiste