[asterisk-dev] Mailing List Future

Maxim Sobolev sobomax at sippysoft.com
Tue Dec 12 10:20:51 CST 2023


I agree with what seems to be the majority here. Astrisk-dev at this point
is a nice low-volume source of news about developments in the Asterisk
world for me as well. I enjoyed reading occasional release notes and event
announcements, would be a shame to see those stop. :(

-Max

On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 8:10 AM Henning Westerholt <hw at gilawa.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> the majority of the responses seems to be against the discontinuation of
> the mailing list.
>
>
>
> Has a decision already been made in the last week? Or is this still
> discussed internally or with some of the people that offered help in
> keeping the mailing lists running?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Henning
>
>
>
> *From:* asterisk-dev <asterisk-dev-bounces at lists.digium.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Joshua C. Colp
> *Sent:* Montag, 4. Dezember 2023 13:00
> *To:* Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> *Subject:* [asterisk-dev] Mailing List Future
>
>
>
> Greetings all,
>
> Over the past few years, the use of the Asterisk mailing lists has
> diminished, with far more conversation happening on the Asterisk community
> forums[1]. The state of email, to ensure reliable delivery, has also gotten
> more complicated - emails get caught by spam filters, etc.. To continue the
> mailing lists would require a huge time and resource investment, for
> minimal use.
>
> To that end, we’ve decided to discontinue the mailing lists effective
> February 1st, 2024.
>
> This means the following:
>
> 1. Sending and receiving mailing list emails will no longer be possible.
> 2. The list archives, however, will remain available.
>
> We need to decide the future of the asterisk-dev mailing list;
> specifically, where to hold discussions in the future. There are a few
> options:
>
> 1. A “Development” category exists on https://community.asterisk.org/
> already that can be used.
> 2. We can use GitHub discussions, which keeps things with the GitHub
> project.
> 3. We can use a hosted mailing list elsewhere.
>
> We suggest option #2, since it keeps things with the GitHub project, which
> is where everything development-related happens now regardless. This has
> been set up and enabled already.
>
> If you have any input, now is the time to state it.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> --
>
> Joshua C. Colp
>
> Asterisk Project Lead
>
> Sangoma Technologies
>
> Check us out at www.sangoma.com and www.asterisk.org
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