OpenSSL project is considering to close this mailing list

[Amarendra Godbole]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:05 AM Tomas Mraz <tomas at openssl.org> wrote:
>
> Hello all openssl-users mailing list contributors,
>
> as the focus of the OpenSSL users and developers community is now on
> the OpenSSL project GitHub page [1] we are considering closing this
> mailing list. We would like to move to using Issues [2] and Pull
> requests [3] in GitHub to discuss topics and ask questions related to
> using and developing  OpenSSL in a single location as this provides
> better tracking and searching and we believe this will help us serve
> our community better.
>
> We would still keep the mailing list read-only so the archives of the
> discussions are not lost.
>
> We are seeking input on this potential change if you are currently
> actively contributing on openssl-users mailing list discussion and you
> believe such a change would substantially reduce your participation in
> the project.
[...]

Bad Idea.

Been a lurker mostly. Email that I download is mine to keep, index,
archive, and free from any political influence. I can refer to these
emails several years later. The same cannot be said for GitHub, a
"for-profit" entity, owned by Microsoft. If openssl user discussion is
hosted on github, several things will go wrong at some point in the
future. It is not a question of "if", rather "when".

Thank you.

-ag