I got the go ahead from Jeff and Viral to give this a try, then it didn't end up panning out. It would still be worth a try, imo.
On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 11:55 AM, mmh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > Seems like this has kind of burnt out. Is there still an impetus on a > transition. > > On Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 8:16:36 PM UTC-4, Jonathan Malmaud > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> There's been some chatter about maybe switching to a new, more modern >> forum platform for Julia that could potentially subsume julia-users, >> julia-dev, julia-stats, julia-gpu, and julia-jobs. I created >> http://julia.malmaud.com for us to try one out and see if we like it. >> Please check it out and leave feedback. All the old posts from julia-users >> have already been imported to it. >> >> It is using Discourse <http://www.discourse.org/faq/>, the same forum >> software used for the forums of Rust <https://users.rust-lang.org>, >> BoingBoing, and some other big sites. Benefits over Google Groups include >> better support for topic tagging, community moderation features, Markdown >> (and hence syntax highlighting) in messages, inline previews of linked-to >> Github issues, better mobile support, and more options for controlling when >> and what you get emailed. The Discourse website >> <http://www.discourse.org/faq/> does a better job of summarizing the >> advantages than I could. >> >> To get things started, MIke Innes suggested having a topic on what we >> plan on working on this coming wee >> <http://julia.malmaud.com/t/whats-everyone-working-on-this-week-9-19-2015-9-26/3155>k. >> I think that's a great idea. >> >> Just to be clear, this isn't "official" in any sense - it's just to >> kickstart the discussion. >> >> -Jon >> >> >>
