New Mailing List: network-status

From: Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:29:16 +0000
Subject: New Mailing List: network-status
Groups: php.mirrors php.webmaster 
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Greetings, all; Recently, I'd been kicking around the idea of adding a new mailing list just for those interested in tracking the network status and health of php.net systems, including those used internally and mirrors. At present, things are sent to a couple of addresses, including php-mirrors@lists.php.net and systems@php.net. While that's not such a bad thing for those who want to keep up on the trends of the network, it's not exactly ideal for the masses in general. A few moments ago, after receiving some constructive criticism, I decided to go ahead and create a new list just for status updates: network-status@lists.php.net. Starting first with mirrors, as those are the most prevalent public network status updates, I'm going to have all activation, deactivation, creation, expulsion, and automatic status modification messages sent to that list only, so that php-mirrors@lists.php.net will remain as low-traffic as it should (announcements and the occasional discussions only), but those who would like to continue to receive updates can still do so simply by subscribing to the new list. With that in mind, Martin, I'm wondering if it might make more sense to have the Nagios alerts go to that address, as well. Off the top of my head, I'm not able to think of any security implications, and since some of the systems are handled by folks who manage them for us can't receive systems@php.net emails (i.e. - not part of the actual project, but perhaps a sponsor, et cetera), it might make it easier for them to keep up on notifications. And if we do switch it over, it will also make systems@php.net quieter for those who don't want to get all of the individual alerts (such as the K1 SSH stuff from yesterday). Your thoughts? As for the mirrors stuff, I'll be pushing those commits shortly, so for anyone who wants to stay up-to-speed on mirror network health, go ahead and send an email to network-status-subscribe@lists.php.net and you'll be good to go. Thanks, all.

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