Re: [Savannah-users] Need mailinglist provider

[Michael J. Flickinger]

On 10/16/12 7:39 PM, Karl Berry wrote:
> Hi Manuel,
>
>      That's why I'm asking if I'm allowed to just register a project at
>      savannah to get a high quality mailing list?
>
> It's never come up before.  It hasn't been discussed explicitly among
> the current savannah admins, but I think the answer is no, sorry.
>
> The purpose of savannah is ultimately to promote free software, per the
> various items on https://savannah.gnu.org/register/requirements.php.
> When the software is hosted somewhere else, it makes little sense for
> savannah to just provide mailing lists, as far as I can see.
>
> Best regards,
> Karl

We've done this in the past for GNU projects, as to provide an 
infrastructure for mailing list management.  Aside from that, I agree, 
if a project is hosted elsewhere, using Savannah for mailing lists makes 
little sense.