[OSGeo-Discuss] Mailing lists to discourse migration

[Vicky Vergara]

Hi Jody

We are offering options

Before:
Use mailing list

After:
* Use mailing list and see the archives only on https://lists.osgeo.org/
* Use mailing list and see the archives also on discourse
* Use discourse without a mailing list


This are the possibilities regarding migration of mailing list
* Have the mailing list migrated completely to discourse example [1]  (Use
discourse without a mailing list, but get previous conversations from
mailing list)
* Have a mirror of the mailing in discourse example [2] (Use mailing list
and see the archives also on discourse)
* Have a category on discourse and not have a mailing list example [3] was
created by Jody (Use discourse without a mailing list)
* Opt to not migrate or mirror the mailing list example [4] (Use mailing
list and see the archives only on https://lists.osgeo.org/)

[1] https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/qgis/qgis-fr-user/5
[2] https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/sac-global-category/sac/13
[3] https://discourse.osgeo.org/t/about-the-osgeo-site-feedback-category/1
[4] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g2008loc/

Regards
Vicky

On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 10:16 AM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was lurking in the sys admin chat as I was working on the osgeo sign up
> form. Mailing lists are not going away, but I am unclear at what is being
> offered.
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 8:01 AM Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm also unclear on what is going on.  It looks like discourse options
>> are being added.  This raises questions about mailing lists.  1. Are
>> mailing lists going away?  2. Can projects choose to keep just the mailing
>> list and not add dicourse?
>>
>> Thanks, Eli
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Discuss <discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Vicky
>> Vergara via Discuss <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 26, 2023 9:52 PM
>> *To:* OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mailing lists to discourse migration
>>
>> Hi Jody,
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 9:31 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Vicky,
>>
>> Is there any more information on what is being offered here?
>>
>> I have not used discourse very much. What do you mean by having a
>> category Can you be more clear about migrate and mirror.
>>
>>
>> Category, is like the one you created about the discourse site feedback.
>> Mirror, is a category that mirrors the mailing list, so the mails
>> received on the mailing list are also shown on discourse.
>> If you "reply" to those mails using discourse, they will not be shown on
>> the mailing list, as the mirror does not send mails to the mailing list.
>> The reply that will be shown is the one done using mail.
>>
>>
>> Will the existing list of email subscribers be part of migrating a
>> mailing list
>>
>>
>> When migrating subscribers are also migrated and are "staged users", and
>> they can log in using ldap, or github account.
>> If the mail of their log in matches, the staged users get assigned to the
>> person that logged in.
>>
>> Regards
>> Vicky
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 1:07 PM Vicky Vergara via Discuss <
>> discuss at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all
>>
>> We are ready to migrate mailing lists to discourse,
>> * Have the mailing list migrated completely to discourse
>> * Have a mirror of the mailing in discourse
>> * Have a category on discourse and not have a mailing list
>> * Opt to not migrate or mirror the mailing list
>>
>> A comprehensive list of mailing lists can be found here (not including
>> private mailing lists):
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo
>>
>> You need to open a ticket to have the work done.
>> Follow the ticket examples below for the first 3 cases
>>
>> Regards
>> Vicky Vergara
>>
>> Example: Have the mailing list migrated completely to discourse:
>>
>> Ticket: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3064 (has link to ticket
>> 3063)
>> +
>> Comment in Ticket: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3063
>>
>> Created the following discourse category
>> https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/qgis/qgis-fr-user/5
>> And the archives of the mailing list will not be removed:
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-fr-user/
>> Migration has finished so any new message to the list will not be
>> received on discourse, but the list will be disabled for before the end of
>> january.
>> Mail on discourse: qgis-fr-user/@discourse.osgeo.org
>>
>> Example: Have a mirror of the mailing in discourse
>> Ticket: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3062
>> Created the following discourse category
>> https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/sac-global-category/sac/13
>> The mailing list will not be removed, and it is a mirror to the mailing
>> list
>> emails continue to be sent to sac at lists.osgeo.org
>> Replies can be done
>>
>> https://discourse.osgeo.org/t/re-osgeo-3062-import-sac-mailing-list-to-discourse/4747/2?u=cvvergara
>> But they will no be reflected on the mailing list
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/sac/2023-December/thread.html
>>
>> Example: of category without mailing list
>> Ticket: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3066
>> https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/osgeolive/osgeolive-docs/8
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Discuss mailing list
>> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>
>>
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