+1... can we move already? Discourse is a huge improvement. I specifically don't answer some questions here because of the difficulty in writing answers with code.
On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Stefan Karpinski <ste...@karpinski.org> wrote: > - Selectively subscribe to certain topics/categories of discussion and not > others. > - Selectively see threads that reach certain quality/interest thresholds. > - Take links directly from where one reads messages > (I really dislike the Google groups interface, so I use Gmail for > reading messages, but then getting a link to a post is a real pain; the > Discourse interface is much better). > - Real tools for moderation, management and administration. > - Active, open development > Google Groups is not only proprietary, but it's also effectively > abandonware. > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Simon Byrne <simonby...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Personally, I find the following an improvement over google groups: >> - code blocks (copying and pasting code into the google groups interface >> always tends to look bad) >> - the ability to edit posts >> - the ability to move threads to different categories (i.e. posts to >> julia-dev which should have gone to julia-users, etc) >> >> >> On Sunday, 6 November 2016 10:33:20 UTC, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: >>> >>> Le dimanche 06 novembre 2016 à 01:49 -0800, Andreas Lobinger a écrit : >>> > Hello colleague, >>> > >>> > > The Julia community has been growing rapidly over the last few >>> > > years and discussions are happening at many different places: there >>> > > are several Google Groups (julia-users, julia-dev, ...), IRC, >>> > > Gitter, and a few other places. Sometimes packages or organisations >>> > > also have their own forums and chat rooms. >>> > > >>> > > In the past, Discourse has been brought up as an alternative >>> > > platform that we could use instead of Google Groups and that would >>> > > allow us to invite the entire Julia community into one space. >>> > > >>> > >>> > What problem with the julia-users mailing-list and the google groups >>> > web interface is solved by using discourse? >>> You can have a look at the previous thread about this: >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/julia-users/4oDqW-QxyVA/lw71uqNGBQAJ >>> >>> I also encourage you to give a try to Discourse (this can be done >>> without even creating an account on their test instance). >>> >>> > Why do you think (can you prove?) more centralisation will happen >>> > with discourse? >>> Centralization will be made possible by allowing for sub-forums >>> dedicated to each topic (stats, optimization, data...) inside Discourse >>> itself, instead of creating totally separate mailing lists as is >>> currently done. Of course people will still be free to use something >>> else, but that's quite unlikely. >>> >>> > > We would like to solicit feedback from the broader Julia community >>> > > about moving julia-users to Discourse as well, and potentially >>> > > other mailing lists like julia-stats. >>> > > >>> > >>> > Please define 'We'. >>> "We" meant "Julia core developers". >>> >>> > > If you have feedback or comments, please post them >>> > > at http://discourse.julialang.org/t/migration-of-google-groups-to- >>> > > discourse or in this thread. >>> > > >>> > >>> > In some parts of the world, asking for feedback on a topic via a >>> > different medium is seen as unfriendly act ... but still there is >>> > this thread. >>> The idea was that we would like to see how well it works by having >>> people use Discourse for this discussion. But as you noted there's this >>> thread for people who don't want to to that. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> > Wishing a happy day, >>> > Andreas >>> >> >> On Sunday, 6 November 2016 10:33:20 UTC, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: >>> >>> Le dimanche 06 novembre 2016 à 01:49 -0800, Andreas Lobinger a écrit : >>> > Hello colleague, >>> > >>> > > The Julia community has been growing rapidly over the last few >>> > > years and discussions are happening at many different places: there >>> > > are several Google Groups (julia-users, julia-dev, ...), IRC, >>> > > Gitter, and a few other places. Sometimes packages or organisations >>> > > also have their own forums and chat rooms. >>> > > >>> > > In the past, Discourse has been brought up as an alternative >>> > > platform that we could use instead of Google Groups and that would >>> > > allow us to invite the entire Julia community into one space. >>> > > >>> > >>> > What problem with the julia-users mailing-list and the google groups >>> > web interface is solved by using discourse? >>> You can have a look at the previous thread about this: >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/julia-users/4oDqW-QxyVA/lw71uqNGBQAJ >>> >>> I also encourage you to give a try to Discourse (this can be done >>> without even creating an account on their test instance). >>> >>> > Why do you think (can you prove?) more centralisation will happen >>> > with discourse? >>> Centralization will be made possible by allowing for sub-forums >>> dedicated to each topic (stats, optimization, data...) inside Discourse >>> itself, instead of creating totally separate mailing lists as is >>> currently done. Of course people will still be free to use something >>> else, but that's quite unlikely. >>> >>> > > We would like to solicit feedback from the broader Julia community >>> > > about moving julia-users to Discourse as well, and potentially >>> > > other mailing lists like julia-stats. >>> > > >>> > >>> > Please define 'We'. >>> "We" meant "Julia core developers". >>> >>> > > If you have feedback or comments, please post them >>> > > at http://discourse.julialang.org/t/migration-of-google-groups-to- >>> > > discourse or in this thread. >>> > > >>> > >>> > In some parts of the world, asking for feedback on a topic via a >>> > different medium is seen as unfriendly act ... but still there is >>> > this thread. >>> The idea was that we would like to see how well it works by having >>> people use Discourse for this discussion. But as you noted there's this >>> thread for people who don't want to to that. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> > Wishing a happy day, >>> > Andreas >>> >> >
