subdomains for testing things (was: forums, mailing lists and other tools)

[Daniel Pocock]

On 08/02/18 08:27, Max Mehl wrote:
> # hellekin [2018-02-01 11:05 +0100]:
>> On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 07:26:42AM +0100, Florian Snow wrote:
>>>
>>> This may have been mentioned before, but there is a Discourse instance
>>> at community.fsfe.org.
>>
>> Hmmm, no there is not, only a broken page. Anyway, if it existed when
>> I proposed my services last year, nobody mentioned it. If it is more
>> recent I find it surprising and upsetting that I have to learn it from
>> the general discussion list. FSFE's community outreach has been, in my
>> experience, suboptimal -- a cool-down euphemism for catastrophic.
>
> The Discourse instance, which I think I've explained multiple times on
> this list, has been set up by volunteers. It is still in a testing
> status so it's rather senseless for the FSFE to promote it.
>
> Of course you are invited to help them [^1] and help the FSFE and its
> community to try new communication tools.
>
> Best,
> Max
>
> [^1]: https://git.fsfe.org/fsfe-system-hackers/community
>

Could we have a dedicated sub-domain for anything like this that is
running as a test?

Using a domain like "community.fsfe.org" runs the risk that it is
perceived as or used as if it were a supported service.

Renaming it to community.test.fsfe.org or community.fsfe-test.org or
something similar would be a good idea.

Furthermore, management of the subdomains for testing (call it "lab
support") could be delegated to a wider group than management of the
main fsfe.org domain (if we consider that to be "production support")

Regards,

Daniel