On Oct 8, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote: > On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 06:35:57PM -0600, LinuxBSDos.com wrote: >>>> As Bernd Helber remarked, forums can play a significant role in Linux >>>> distributions, as they allow users to "have conversations". It would be >>>> great if an initiative to create one for OI could be started. >>> >>> I agree that forums are more user-friendly when you're searching for >>> an answer that already exists. However, I find mailing lists easier to >>> interact with and reply to on a regular basis. I think the reason the >>> OpenSolaris forums worked so well is that each forum also had a >>> mailing list bridged with it, so you got the best of both worlds (easy >>> search and easy participation). My request would be the the mailing >>> lists not be dumped in favor of forums, but rather set up as another >>> way of participating with the forums. >> >> I didn't call for abandoning the mailing list, rather for setting up >> something that is more community-oriented. >> >> So, who's gonna make the decision? > > I think that having a bridge between the two would be great. Either way, we > could set up some experimental thing and see if it works. > > Jeff.
I must be old-fashioned, but I find an NNTP server easier than forums (and less junk accumulating on my mail server). Seamonkey has an adequate reader, although I prefer knews. Those have nice threading, killfiles, etc. And they're usually _much_ faster and less problems than a web forum. A server that does not exchange info with other NNTP servers, and requires a login to post, seems like it would work well enough. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
