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Subject: Re: Create help-guix@gnu.org?
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Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> skribis:

> Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.tapas@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> On 21.12.2015 17:21, Eric Bavier wrote:
>>>>> Should we create a help-guix@gnu.org mailing list specifically
>>>>> to answer user questions?
>>>>=20
>>>> Consistent naming schemes are important. I object. How about
>>>>=20
>>>> guix-help@gnu.org
>>>=20
>>> I would agree with this, but we already have bug-guix@gnu.org.
>>>=20
>>> Ludo, are email list names in any GNU guidelines?
>
> I don't think there is a guideline, but there is tradition (sometimes
> not followed) of conventional names for GNU mailing lists, which are:
>
>   info-FOO@gnu.org  help-FOO@gnu.org  bug-FOO@gnu.org  FOO-devel@gnu.org

Yes, this is all described in the GNU maintainers guide:

  http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Standard-Mailing-Lists.html

In fact, Savannah enforces/encourages that convention for GNU packages.

My initial question was more about whether it would make sense to create
such a list, rather than how to call it.  Sorry for being unclear!

Ludo=E2=80=99.