Currently Thunderbird communication channels are a bit scattered. Some
consolidation has been discussed on various forums, but no decisions
have been made so far. I'm writing this to get a wider feedback on some
of the changes up for discussion.

tb-planning mailing list https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/tb-planning

• Would remain/become the main channel of general communication.
• Would preferably be moving to topicbox like many of our other lists
  https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups(topicbox is a mailing list
  system too, but with nicer web UI then mailman lists)

maildev mailing list
https://lists.thunderbird.net/mailman/listinfo/maildev_lists.thunderbird.net

• Most if not all of the maildev members are also on tb-planning.
• The list hasn't had too much traffic, since whether to choose this
  or tb-planning is not easy.
• Its original purpose of serving as a more moderated forum for
  technical discussion has proven generally non-feasible: details of
  technical decisions are better discussed on specific bugs with the
  people who have, or are gaining knowledge about the specifics involved.

Thunderbird discourse https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/thunderbird

• Would be discontinued.
• The addons topicbox https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/addons
  is flourishing and a number of people have expressed frustration
  with discourse. The value in keeping it seems low.

mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird newsgroup
news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird

• Could remain (IMO).
• Could consider having it a pure newsgroup and kill the mailinglist
  gateway, which when used makes usage a mess out of conversations
  there...

cc:ing maildev - let's continue the discussion on tb-planning though!

 -Magnus

On 15/05/2020 09:32, Magnus Melin wrote:

maildev mailing list

1. Most if not all of the maildev members are also on tb-planning.
2. The list hasn't had too much traffic, since whether to choose this or tb-planning is not easy.
3. Its original purpose of serving as a more moderated forum for technical discussion has proven generally non-feasible: details of technical decisions are better discussed on specific bugs with the people who have, or are gaining knowledge about the specifics involved.

Point 1: These lists have different moderation rules.

Point 2: These lists have very different purposes: For example, if you want to discuss the pitfalls of Mork-removal, then tb-planning is *not* the right list.

Point 3: Not-feasible? Why? We had a few useful discussions here. Not all the technical people follow all the bugs. Also, please refer to

https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/tb-planning/2017-July/005610.html

Jörg.