Dan, Other than the difficulty of setting up and maintaining the site, I think it's a fabulous idea! Then again, I'm just as new as you are, but in general I think it would be *way* better. Especially for new folks jumping in and learning all the past body of knowledge. -William
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Dan Harasty <dhara...@telcordia.com> wrote: > Hello, all. > > OK, I know I'm just the "new guy" here, and it may be poor form to suggest > that a well established forum should change its ways.... > > But I find the email-based discussion list VERY inefficient. > - any sense of "threading" of a conversation is lost (at least for me: I > receive the "digest" version.) > - if there is a way for me to "search" for my issue in "prior threads", I > haven't found it yet. (Maybe I'm missing it.... or maybe it doesn't exist) > - email arrives even on days when I'm not focusing on my GNU radio > projects. > > I'm part of other organizations that use a "web bulletin board" very > effectively. It addresses all the above issues: threading, searching prior > discussions, and simply "being there" when one needs it. One such system is > vBulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com/). This system is a bit different > from a wiki (which has static pages that anyone can update). Rather, > someone posts a "post" in a "forum". Follow up posts are seen distinctly > (you can't edit someone else's post), and all such follow ups to an original > post are called a "thread". > > Is there any interest in considering a shift to it or something similar? > > Yes, it would need: a physical host, effort to set it up, an admin (for > membership issues), and a panel moderators (to edit / move threads when > necessary). And maybe the cost of the software. > > I understand that if there is a lack of interest (to participate), or if no > one is available to set it up, it won't happen. If so: *c'est la vie*... > However, I just wanted to float the idea in case there is general interest > and the right set of volunteers. > > -- Dan Harasty > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > >
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