Do we really need this mailing list?

[Victoria Risk]

> On Jan 21, 2022, at 8:29 AM, Lars-Johan Liman <liman at netnod.se> wrote:
> 
> Hi Vicky!
> 
> I'm not opposed to closing this list if we can agree to use some
> (several?) other forum(-a) for the (few!) issues that come up here -
> e.g., general questions about design choices, observations of strange
> behaviour, and/or suggestions of/discussions abuout new features.

Hi Lars,

Actually, more of the core development team is on bind-users than on bind-workers, so that is a good place to take that kind of issue.  We aren’t trying to avoid these topics, it is just that a relatively small team has … multiple lists to monitor, and this one is getting left behind.

Vicky

> 
> 				Cheers,
> 				  /Liman
> 
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> vicky at isc.org 2022-01-20 17:16 [-0500]:
>> Hello folks,
> 
>> We at ISC would like to shut down this list.  
> 
>> We have bind-users, and bind-announce, and now that our development
>> environment, https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9
>> <https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9> is completely open, this
>> list seems redundant. There are 540 people subscribed, but only a
>> handful actually post here.
> 
>> We will put the list into moderation, and plan to shut it down in
>> about a month. If anyone has a strong objection, speak up! Otherwise,
>> if you haven’t, go subscribe to bind-users at lists.isc.org
>> <mailto:bind-users at lists.isc.org>.
> 
>> Regards,
> 
>> Vicky Risk, ISC