> I'm technically one of the administrators of forums.debian.net and
> would not recommend web-based "forums" to projects that do not have
> them. They are hard to search and even harder to police. Also, the
> software tends to be based on dated technologies. There are better
> ways to help people in need.
i'm wondering, does that include something like stackexchange.com ?
i know that it's not free software, but i'm wondering whether you are saying
that a static documentation plus a mailing list is superior to something like
stackexchange (i.e. a modern forum engine with tags and all the bells and
whistles, and it's well-integrated into general search engines)?
because that would go against my experience, very much.
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