If we were having this discussion on Discourse I would give this idea a +1. :)
Well... technically a <3 but... On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 3:02 PM Neil McGovern <ne...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi folks, > > For a little while, I've been keen to see how we can improve our > communication methods, both to make it more accessible to newcomers and to > take advantage of more featureful tooling than has been traditionally > possible with email lists. > > As such, I set up an instance of Discourse[0] at > https://discourse.debian.net, and am now asking for a wider input on if > this is something the project wishes to use and if I should spend my > time pursuing. > > FAQ > === > > Is it Free Software? > Yes. It's GPLv2+. > > Who else uses it? > Lots of people. GNOME, Mozilla, Ubuntu, Fedora to name a few > > What about the mailing lists? > This may or may not be a replacement for any particular list. I suspect > there are some thet would benefit greatly from having Discourse be the > primary interaction, and other places where this would be less suitable. > > Be specific! > Ok... I think debian-user, debian-vote and possibly debian-project would > be better off in Discourse. I think debian-devel-announce should stay as > an email list (for now). However, I am not suddenly proposing that we > shut > those lists down. The aim of this exercise is to see if Discourse would > work well for us. > > Email is still important to me! > Fine, you can interact with Discorse by email rather than the web > interface. It should be noted however, that there is not 1:1 feature > partiy with email and the web interface, as Discorse does things that > can't easily be done with email. For the majority of users though, > email interaction should be "good enough". > > Why are you doing this? > I have two motivations. First, is moderation. Discourse has built in > tools > to allow community moderation on a much better scale than our email > lists. > Secondly, I genuinely believe that ease of access to new contributors is > of paramount importance to the project. > > What about X software instead? > Feel free to explore other solutions. I've already done evaluations, and > I'm pretty much set on this as the correct way forward. If there is > insufficient interest in moving forward with Discourse, I'll leave it to > others to invest time. > > What about forums.debian.net? > I have no interest in interacting with a community of users and > moderators who allow blatent Code of Conduct violations to go > unchecked. > > What's next? > I'd appreciate people testing Discourse. If you have any questions, then > I'm happy to answer them. > > Thanks, > Neil > > [0] https://www.discourse.org/ >
