Cross project mailing list

[John Poelstra]

For lack of a better place I picked this list for this message.

During my time in Fedora I have tried to help improve communication and 
coordination between the various teams. I'm finding it increasingly 
cumbersome to do this with our current set-up and present mailing lists. 
  Recent examples include the Release Readiness Meetings, Fedora 11 
Retrospective, and the Zikula (CMS) project.

I'm not a big fan of creating "yet another mailing list" but I think in 
this case it makes sense.  Previously I've sent announcements to 
fedora-advisory-board (f-a-b) and on other occasions created 8 separate 
emails to 8 separate lists so as not to upset those sensitive to 
cross-posting.  I think f-a-b is the wrong place to make cross distro 
announcements since its purpose is for transparent board discussion and 
the overall direction of the project.  On top of that the name doesn't 
make sense and is not self-descriptive.

What I'd like to do is create a mailing list for the purpose of cross 
project communication and coordination.  The lead(s) from each team 
would be subscribed and anyone else interested release coordination and 
communication could also join.  This would also be the mailing list 
where decisions about whether all the teams are ready for launching a 
particular test or final release would be captured.

I'm still looking for a good name for this mailing list--one that 
conveys its purpose.  Right now I'm leaning towards "fedora-release" 
while also looking for any other good ideas out there.

Thanks,
John