[TriLUG] migrating list

[Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney]

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At 10:17pm Today, "Chris Hedemark" typed :
> Minor revision suggestions, to simplify (borrowing heavily from yours):
> 
> 1) Send out an announcement with our plan and timeline to subscribers.
> 2) Do a stealth subscribe of all 225 users.  At this point we discontinue
> test messages.
> 3) Update trilug.org web page to point to Mailman instead of franklin.

+1 (and current member count is *304*)

> 4) Back up the franklin list config

Back up? I can just "turn off" franklin, without deleting anything, I
think. I'll ask jem.

> 5) Kill the franklin list

I'll need help at Ibiblio. Better option - I can set an auto-responder to
say "this list has moved" 

> 6) Set up a forwarder from the old list addy to the new one.

See above. I need to talk to someone who knows Lyris *sigh*

> 7) Move the old archives over (if anyone here is a Python wizard and has
> some time I'll bet we can get them converted to the pipermail format that
> Mailman uses.........)

I'll (again) see if I can get the archives into my hot little hands in raw
data format, and we can hack all we want. 

> I think a quick cutover from the old list to the new would be a lot more
> painless and avoid weird interractions between the two lists, as well as
> extra (maybe unnecessary) work.  Thoughts?

Well, my worry is that we'll need unc sysadmin stuff, and the likely hood
of getting *THAT* on a sunday is, hmm, slim and none? If we need to
backup/restore anything, We'll be at their mercy until this is finished. I
figured with a staged approach, should something go wrong, it'll be
easier to back out changes, and faster, since we can do it ourselves,
without waiting for UNC. 

I've just made you a list admin on Lyris, to make life easier for
me. Remember what I said when I added you to sudoers on fatalpha? ditto
here *grin*. So anyway, you now have access to all the info I have access
to via Lyris. Enjoy it's nastiness. 

I'll email my unc contacts and see what they can help with, too. Like raw
user files (should we be that lucky!)...

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