Meeting Minutes - Office Hours for CTI - 2026-09-18

[Joseph Myers]

On Mon, 21 Sep 2026, Andrea Pinski wrote:

> >   * Discuss on libc-alpha finalize mailing list names:
> >    * Place mailing list services under lists.glibc.coretoolchain.dev
> >    * glibc-announce@lists.glibc.coretoolchain.dev
> >    * glibc-devel@lists.glibc.coretoolchain.dev
> >    * glibc-stable@lists.glibc.coretoolchain.dev
> >    * glibc-testresults@lists.glibc.coretoolchain.dev
> >    * glibc-help@glibc.lists.glibc.coretoolchain.dev
> >    * glibc-vcs@lists.glibc.coretoolchain.dev
> 
> Especially here about why not just have lists.coretoolchain.dev rather
> than have a glibc subdomain.  Plus isn't glibc on the mailing list
> name and the domain redundant?

The subdomain facilitates different projects making different hosting 
choices in future (via DNS changes) if they wish without needing to make 
further changes to email addresses.

The use of glibc in the list names is formally redundant, but we felt it 
was convenient for informal references to the lists in text, email client 
aliases, etc. to be able to talk about e.g. glibc-devel and have it 
unambiguous rather than just talking about devel@ which could refer to 
multiple projects.

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Joseph S. Myers
josmyers@redhat.com