[Alioth-staff-replacement] Mailman (lists.alioth) data migration from old infra

[Alexander Wirt]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2017, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:

Hi Dom, 

> Sorry for the long hiatus between this and my previous messages. I had
> some other things to take care of and to figure out how to proceed
> without stepping on people's toes.
> 
> I had some feedback from DSA that the http redirect and MX record
> changes for lists.alioth.debian.org were possible, and so I'd like to
> try and actually get this done in the next couple of months. I've
> also determined based on feedback that trying to import all alioth
> lists is probably not sensible as many of them are defunct/full of spam
> - instead going for an opt-in approach.
> 
> I summarised the current status at
> <https://wiki.debian.org/Alioth/MailingListContinuation> and I'd be
> grateful for your feedback on this. In particular whether you would
> be able to help with the migration process by providing access to sync
> data for the lists we decide to migrate. Also (as a first step) a complete
> list of lists, so we can email -owner addresses (or suggestions for a
> better way to contact list owners?)
Great to hear that someone is taking care about it. I create a file
alioth_lists.txt and placed it in your home on alioth. 

Since admins are often out of date, contacting them directly doesn't make
much sense. You should just contact the lists itself. 

Alex