I agree with Daniel and Ciro; it's difficult/annoying to navigate through old unanswered emails and I presume nobody does that at the moment. Most of the time if your email doesn't get a quick response as soon as it gets posted, you can forget about getting some help as time passes; there is a short window and you really have to hope someone flagged your email or got some time to address your problem.
I wouldn't use JIRA to be honest for asking questions; that's beyond the scope of JIRA and it would be chaotic to mix Bug Reports, Improvement tasks with normal questions (like: I cannot build gem5 on my machine, or does anyone know how this works) Giacomo -----Original Message----- From: Ciro Santilli via gem5-dev <[email protected]> Sent: 10 June 2020 09:21 To: gem5 Developer List <[email protected]> Cc: Ciro Santilli <[email protected]> Subject: [gem5-dev] Re: [Suggestion] Replace gem5-users mailing-list with Discourse I would just use JIRA. But after that, Discourse is the second best. And anything is better than a mailing list :-) ________________________________ From: Jason Lowe-Power via gem5-dev <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 11:40 PM To: gem5 Developer List <[email protected]> Cc: gem5 users mailing list <[email protected]>; Jason Lowe-Power <[email protected]> Subject: [gem5-dev] Re: [Suggestion] Replace gem5-users mailing-list with Discourse +1 for Discourse :). Just to give a bit more context: I'm also trying to find a good forum for community engagement during my online Learning gem5 class this summer. I would like to find a platform that could be used generally for my class this summer, future iterations of the class, and general gem5 questions, as I believe there will be significant overlap between these groups. Other potential options that IMO have more cons than pros when compared to Discourse: - Slack/Teams/etc. - gitter.im - stackoverflow That said, we're open to suggestions :). Our goal is to create the most welcoming and inclusive environment possible. We'll go where our users are! Cheers, Jason On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 2:45 PM Bobby Bruce via gem5-dev <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > In an effort to better support the gem5 community, there has been a > suggestion that we drop the gem5-users mailing list and replace it > with Discourse, https://www.discourse.org/about, a web-based > discussion platform. I'm writing this email to propose this to the > community and ask for feedback on the matter. > > We have noticed that using mailing lists as our primary communication > platform is problematic. Sending an email to a list can be daunting > experience, requiring an etiquette many are not accustom to. I'm sure > I'm not the only one who feels like they are unduly bothering a large > number of people when posting to a list (like I'm doing right now :) > ). This is, of course, an unfortunate hurdle for many to get over when > they encounter problems using gem5, particularly those new to the > project. I've come to believe mailing lists are simply not a very good > technology for fostering community engagement and helping those who are > running into difficulties. > Mailing lists are also difficult to search, and lack proper formatting > mechanisms to neatly display attributes such as code and output logs. > > Looking around at alternative technologies available, Discourse > appears to be a suitable replacement. For those unaware, Discourse is > (essentially) a revamp of messaging forums. It is an increasingly > popular platform for users and developers in open source projects to > communicate with one another (see LLVM's discourse as an example: > https://llvm.discourse.group ). > All-in-all, I think it's a well-designed product and contains all the > features we'd expect and need to get our work done. I can see no > immediate downsides to using it, though feedback from the community on > the matter would be greatly appreciated, particularly from those who > have used Discourse before. Dissenting opinions on the whole idea of > moving away from the gem5-user's mailing list are also welcome. > > So, let me know what you think! :) > > Please note, regardless as to any decision made, we will continue the > use of the gem5-dev mailing list for technical discussions for the > foreseeable future. > > Kind regards, > Bobby > -- > Dr. Bobby R. 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