Add a news item about lists.linux.dev
Let's make this more publicly known.
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
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+Linux.dev mailing list service
+==============================
+
+:category: Site news
+:author: Konstantin Ryabitsev
+:slug: lists-linux-dev
+
+We are pleased to announce the availability of a new mailing list
+service running under the new `lists.linux.dev
+<https://lists.linux.dev>`_ domain. The goal of this deployment is to
+offer a subscription service that:
+
+- prioritizes mail delivery to public-inbox archives available
+ via `lore.kernel.org <https://lore.kernel.org>`_
+- conforms to DMARC requirements to ensure subscriber delivery
+- makes minimal changes to email headers and no changes to the message
+ body content for the purposes of preserving patch attestation
+
+If you would like to host a Linux development mailing list on this
+platform, please see further details on the `subspace.kernel.org
+<https://subspace.kernel.org>`_ site.
+
+Why another mailing list service?
+---------------------------------
+Linux development started in 1991 and has been ongoing for the past 30
+years at an ever-increasing pace. Many popular code collaboration
+platforms have risen throughout these three decades -- and while some of
+them are still around, many others have shut down and disappeared
+without offering any way to preserve the history of the projects they
+used to host.
+
+Development via mailed-in patches remains the only widely used mechanism
+for code collaboration that does not rely on centralized infrastructure
+maintained by any single entity. The Linux developer community sees
+transparency, independence and decentralization as core guiding
+principles behind Linux development, so it has deliberately chosen to
+continue using email for all its past and ongoing collaboration efforts.
+
+What about vger.kernel.org?
+---------------------------
+The infrastructure behind lists.linux.dev supports multiple domains, so
+all mailing lists hosted on vger.kernel.org will be carefully migrated
+to the same platform while preserving current addresses, subscribers,
+and list ids. The only thing that will noticeably change is the
+procedure to subscribe and unsubscribe from individual lists. As
+majordomo is no longer maintained, we will instead switch to using
+separate subscribe/unsusbscribe addresses per each list.
+
+There are no firm ETAs for this migration, but if you are currently
+subscribed to any mailing list hosted on vger.kernel.org, you will
+receive a message when the migration date is approaching.
