Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EB23BDD63 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:26:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 40349 invoked by uid 500); 20 Jul 2012 06:26:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 40043 invoked by uid 500); 20 Jul 2012 06:25:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 40015 invoked by uid 99); 20 Jul 2012 06:25:56 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:25:56 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.213.48] (HELO mail-yw0-f48.google.com) (209.85.213.48) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 20 Jul 2012 06:25:49 +0000 Received: by yhfq46 with SMTP id q46so4340097yhf.35 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:25:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id :to:mime-version:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=BOdBTsOQCLCEmUWYg/kVPOjc1fy40arL60GSEHRJAMI=; b=gTXdOS3cwN2R7vyLK06vCYg7cLfrEUWpCnM1GWFxZWzciItx/VogunbQtnmrmAZxhN 2S0nQ04JX6dOSiBr0B5SZ6DWJ1I+bh+rAWyPBYiC0pQnqSOSZWrgoGq/pcAqLPVrnbZB fcJdZYRE8C9WDWOzu7SUQ/R0ZXAxYvxFBEsYO2VcPvuEz3ml7hgjghDPozcZGTz4BrrV V6GC7o9ZZBxn/BhtYW2JjRSczoh0oXKI+GhA73W96C+lUY8RFOJrUD03QafPiu6NdcKt i9U1+dGeOVQfENO2ox0szJxh8m11+vBHzvea+0NbnqwlOUzXkXqqjA9ItepvWx+r6rb7 qWJg== Received: by 10.66.82.228 with SMTP id l4mr9076193pay.41.1342765528094; Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.10] (c-98-234-189-94.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [98.234.189.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id nv10sm3326040pbb.49.2012.07.19.23.25.26 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:25:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Arun C Murthy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [DISCUSS] Merge *-user@hadoop lists? Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:25:24 -0700 Message-Id: <9DE361F6-4551-401D-831B-B9C9027E8C31@hortonworks.com> To: general@hadoop.apache.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkzT0ahP57UiWYcrj2qlbYH+bDE2s955S3b1f2oXB2Fm+1FZKVa/JJrHl0f40+TfI1ZfVUl X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I've been thinking that we currently have too many *-user@ lists = (common,hdfs,mapreduce) and confuse folks all the time resulting in too = many cross-posts etc., particularly new users. Basically, it's too = unwieldy and tedious. How about simplifying things by having a single user@hadoop.apache.org = list by merging all of them? Thoughts? Arun=