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The following are the top 100 lists, in order of posts from Feb 2010 to the present. This covers period covered by the 3.2.1 and 3.3 releases, as well as the 3.4 beta.
General principles:
- The core project list is ooo-dev. All proposals and votes occur on this list, as well as discussions by project members about the project and product.
- We'll have one users list per language, created when sufficient demand is evident.
- We'll have one general list per language, created when sufficient demand is evident.
- We will try to avoid fragmenting the community by creating additional lists.
List Name |
Language |
Subscribers |
Posts in 2011 |
Apache Target |
Migration Owner |
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Migration Status/Notification |
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Community mailing lists |
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securityteam |
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Migrate to ASF |
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All OpenOffice codebase security list. Distinct from ooo-security. |
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General mailing lists |
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allbugs |
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54 |
13424 |
Obsolete. Do not migrate |
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Utility list for sending notifications of BZ issues. We use ooo-issues for this now. |
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allcvs |
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41 |
227 |
Do not migrate |
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Utility list for sending CVS notifications |
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allfeatures |
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278 |
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Do not migrate |
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Utility list for sending announcements of new implemented features |
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api.dev |
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283 |
282 |
ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of the API |
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bizdev.dev |
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78 |
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ooo-marketing |
robweir |
Discussions of how to do business with OOo |
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council.discuss |
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55 |
16 |
Do not migrate |
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Discussions of the Community Council |
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cws-announce |
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72 |
239 |
Do not migrate |
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Utility list for CWS notifications |
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dba.dev |
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114 |
93 |
ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of OOo Base |
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dba.needsconfirm |
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8 |
313 |
Do not migrate |
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Utility list for BZ notifications |
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dba.users |
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174 |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Discussions with OOo Base users |
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dev |
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646 |
793 |
ooo-dev |
robweir |
Development discussions |
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discuss |
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960 |
687 |
ooo-users |
robweir |
General discussions |
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distribution.cdrom |
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293 |
151 |
ooo-marketing |
robweir |
Network of people who burn and distribute OOo CDs on request |
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distribution.dev |
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268 |
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ooo-dev |
robweir |
Recently used to report broken links on download webpages |
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distribution.mirrors |
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105 |
124 |
ooo-dev |
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List used by release mirror admins and hosts |
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distribution.stats |
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Do not migrate |
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Something about statistics of distributions |
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documentation.dev |
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284 |
155 |
ooo-dev or a new doc list |
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Discussions about documentation. Two or three nibbles per week from newcomers. |
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education.dev |
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95 |
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ooo-dev |
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Discussions about education |
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extensions.dev |
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127 |
90 |
ooo-dev |
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Development of extensions |
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extensions.website |
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46 |
87 |
ooo-dev |
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List is mainly spam now |
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framework.dev |
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95 |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of the Framework module |
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graphics.dev |
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103 |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of the Graphics modules |
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gsl.dev |
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81 |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of the Graphical System Layer (GSL) module |
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interface-announce |
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Do not migrate |
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Utility list for sending notifications of interfaces changes |
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l10n.dev |
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278 |
395 |
ooo-dev |
robweir |
Discussions about localization, seems to be all spam now |
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l10n.tools |
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98 |
98 |
ooo-dev |
robweir |
Generally about Pootle and other tools, maybe a generic l10n list would be better |
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lingucomponent.dev |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of spell checker etc. |
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ln.dev |
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ooo-dev |
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??? |
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ln.tcmrequest |
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ooo-dev |
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??? |
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ln.tools |
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ooo-dev |
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??? |
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marketing.art |
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147 |
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ooo-marketing |
robweir |
Artwork for marketing |
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marketing.dev |
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362 |
295 |
ooo-marketing |
robweir |
Discussions about marketing |
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moderators |
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Do not migrate |
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Private ? ML for all moderators |
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native-lang.dev |
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203 |
68 |
ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Discussions about Native Language development |
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porting.dev |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Discussions about porting OOo to other platforms |
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porting.mac |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Discussions about porting OOo to Mac OS X |
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qa.dev |
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316 |
224 |
ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Discussions about QA work |
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releases |
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333 |
229 |
ooo-dev |
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Release management coordination |
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sc.dev |
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106 |
50 |
ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of OOo Calc |
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sw.dev |
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128 |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of OOo Writer |
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tools.dev |
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134 |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Tooling development for OOo development |
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tools.tinderbox |
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27 |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Discussions about tinderbox |
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ucb.dev |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of the Universal Content Broker (UCB) module |
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ui.accessibility |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Discussions about accessibility in the UI |
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ui.dev |
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ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of ui |
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users |
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1852 |
2470 |
ooo-users |
kschenk |
General user discussions |
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user-faq.authors |
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712 |
ooo-dev or a new doc list |
kschenk |
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ux.discuss |
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188 |
27 |
ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Discussions about User Experience (UX) work |
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infrastructure (was website).dev |
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75 |
ooo-dev |
kschenk |
Development of the OOo webpages |
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Native language mailing lists |
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bo.dev |
Tibetan |
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60 |
ooo-general-bo |
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bo.users |
Tibetan |
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ooo-users-bo |
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br-pt.dev |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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ooo-general-pt_br |
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In the current discussion on oo-dev@ we see that we should keep the difference between pt and pt-br |
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br-pt.usuarios |
Brazilian Portuguese |
445 |
370 |
ooo-users-pt_br |
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usuarios = users, in the current discussion on oo-dev@ we see that we should keep the difference between pt and pt-br |
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cs.dev |
Czech |
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ooo-general-cs |
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cs.users |
Czech |
186 |
40 |
ooo-users-cs |
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da.dansk |
Danish |
100 |
70 |
ooo-general-da |
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da.stavekontrol |
Dansk |
34 |
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ooo-general-da |
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stavekontrol = spelling |
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de.business |
German |
200 |
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ooo-marketing |
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de.cdrom |
German |
59 |
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ooo-marketing |
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German network of people who burn and distribute OOo CDs on request |
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de.dev |
German |
249 |
1058 |
ooo-general-de |
rbircher |
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de.marketing |
German |
97 |
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ooo-marketing |
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de.qa |
German |
75 |
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ooo-general-de |
rbircher |
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de.users |
German |
754 |
2356 |
ooo-users-de |
rbircher |
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es.dev |
Spanish |
243 |
218 |
ooo-general-es |
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es.discuss_es |
Spanish |
450 |
313 |
ooo-users-es |
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Almost all spam now |
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es.users |
Spanish |
372 |
147 |
ooo-users-es |
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fi.dev |
Finnish |
50 |
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ooo-general-fi |
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fi.users |
Finnish |
69 |
270 |
ooo-users-fi |
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Mainly spam (Rob has translation of email) |
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fr.dev |
French |
228 |
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ooo-general-fr |
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fr.discuss |
French |
223 |
97 |
ooo-users-fr |
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fr.doc |
French |
210 |
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ooo-general-fr |
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fr.prog |
French |
276 |
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ooo-general-fr |
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fr.qa-test |
French |
139 |
104 |
ooo-general-fr |
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fr.users |
French |
598 |
1020 |
ooo-users-fr |
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gl.dev |
Galacian |
12 |
41 |
ooo-general-gl |
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hr.hr-openoffice |
Croatian |
8 |
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ooo-general-hr |
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it.dev |
Italian |
185 |
70 |
ooo-users-it |
pescetti |
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it.localizzazione |
Italian |
145 |
177 |
ooo-general-it |
pescetti |
localizzazione = localization |
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it.qa |
Italian |
134 |
115 |
ooo-general-it |
pescetti |
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it.utenti |
Italian |
413 |
833 |
ooo-users-it |
pescetti |
utenti = users |
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ja.announce |
Japanese |
986 |
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ooo-general-ja |
maho, khirano |
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ja.dev |
Japanese |
201 |
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ooo-general-ja |
maho, khirano |
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ja.discuss |
Japanese |
363 |
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ooo-general-ja |
maho, khirano |
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ja.documentation |
Japanese |
50 |
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ooo-general-ja |
maho, khirano |
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ja.marketing |
Japanese |
73 |
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ooo-general-ja |
maho, khirano |
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ja.qa |
Japanese |
123 |
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ooo-general-ja |
maho, khirano |
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ja.translate |
Japanese |
230 |
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ooo-general-ja |
maho, khirano |
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ja.users |
Japanese |
77 |
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ooo-general-ja |
maho, khirano |
ooo-users-ja would be created later |
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nl.cdrom |
Dutch |
23 |
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ooo-marketing |
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nl.discussie |
Dutch |
133 |
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ooo-users-nl |
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nl.documentatie |
Dutch |
50 |
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ooo-general-nl |
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nl.gebruikers |
Dutch |
189 |
236 |
ooo-users-nl |
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gebruikers = users |
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nl.localization |
Dutch |
58 |
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ooo-general-nl |
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nl.marketing |
Dutch |
22 |
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ooo-marketing |
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nl.nloooregicon |
Dutch |
44 |
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ooo-general-nl |
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nl.taalmodules |
Dutch |
33 |
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ooo-general-nl |
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taal modules = language modules |
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ro.dev |
Romanian |
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ooo-general-ro |
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ru.content |
Russian |
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ooo-general-ru |
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ru.qa |
Russian |
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ooo-general-ru |
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sk.translators |
Slovak |
34 |
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ooo-general-sk |
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sl.users |
Slovenian |
67fs |
64 |
ooo-users-sl |
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sr.dev |
Serbian |
36 |
48 |
ooo-general-sr |
grakic |
localization and general talk |
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sv.dev |
Swedish |
24 |
82 |
ooo-general-sv |
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sv.users |
Swedish |
73 |
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ooo-users-sv |
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vi.ln |
Vietnamese |
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ooo-general-vi |
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zh.dev |
Chinese |
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ooo-general-zh |
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Under discussion 
No migration 
2011.11.02
2 Comments
Shane Curcuru
Why do you even have points 2. and 3., given point 4.?
I would strongly suggest simply having a single per-NL users@ list for any existing lists that have worthwhile traffic, and not even think about general@ lists.
If, at some point in the future, some specific languages clearly show enough traffic to feel overloaded, then consider separate lists.
T. J. Frazier
Your suggestion about one ML per NL is fine for new NL fledgling groups (which I hope and expect we will get). Some of the existing groups would also fit this category. However, some NL lists have been around for a long time and are well-organized. If they ask for two or three lists (main, users, and maybe marketing), I strongly suggest we give such to them. They should know what they need from their practice, better than our theory.
I also suggest that we consider "announce" lists. My guess is that >90% of our users only want to know one thing about OO.o, AOOo, whatever (as they think of it): when is the next release available, so I can/must upgrade?