From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: NFS and NFSv4 lists?
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:14:50 -0400
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On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 02:07:04PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 13:49 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > Is there really a reason to keep a separate NFSv4 mailing list?  v4
> > support is part of the same nfs/nfsd modules and quite deeply
> > interwinded with the v2/v3 code.  It seems most posts to the NFSv4 list
> > get cross-posted to the regular nfs list anyway.
> 
> I certainly agree that we can start deprecating the nfsv4@linux-nfs.org
> list, but I'm reluctant to shut it down completely as long as we're
> seeing some non-cross posted traffic there.
> 
> How about if we keep it open for another 6 months, and use that time to
> educate those people who post only on nfsv4@linux-nfs.org to move on to
> linux-nfs?

How about just turning the nfsv4 list into an auto-responder telling
people to use the linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org?