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Re: [asciidoc-wg] Name for AsciiDoc language mailing list

Hello Dan,

I'd like to bring forward a case in favor of the the asciidoc-lang-dev mailing list name:

  • Once there is a first language specification out in the wild, the "users" of the specification (and the TCK) will want a place to ask their questions. Then would be a time to have an asciidoc-lang-user mailing list as well.
  • Other projects have also an announcement mailing list, this would be "asciidoc-lang-announce" in this case
See https://accounts.eclipse.org/mailing-list for an overview of eclipse mailing lists.

Best regards,
Alexander


On 07.08.2020 20:52, Dan Allen wrote:
I've spoken several times on this list about a separate mailing list for the AsciiDoc language. While the asciidoc-wg list is for governance and general correspondence about the Working Group as a whole (proposing and approving projects, meeting announcements, budgeting, overall vision, etc), this new list is where the technical discussions about the AsciiDoc language will be held. This ensures we don't lose important messages in the noise of a combined list.

What we've been waiting on is for the AsciiDoc Language project to be approved and created [1]. The project has been approved and creation is in progress. That brings us to the issue of the mailing list name.

Eclipse automatically generates a list name by appending -dev the project handle. That resulted in the list name asciidoc-dev. If you're listed on the project proposal, you may have received a notification about being subscribed to this list. I saw a lot of potential confusion in that name, so I requested for it to be deleted. So disregard that message.

The problem I have with the name asciidoc-dev is that it sounds like that's where all development for AsciiDoc will occur. But what exactly is development for AsciiDoc? That can be *a lot* of things, ranging from specification to implementations, and would become a dumping ground for discussions. The project proposal is focused specifically on the language itself. Therefore, I think the list should as well. With that said, I propose one of the two names for this new list:

* asciidoc-lang
* asciidoc-lang-dev

Either would work, though asciidoc-lang seems more clear and concise. If you feel strongly about the second option, asciidoc-lang-dev, or another alternative, please reply with an argument for choosing it. If no arguments are presented, we'll proceed with naming the list asciidoc-lang.

Best Regards,

-Dan


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