What about the passionate fights? If we move to a forum we are going to miss them. :P This list became part of life alrready.
I kind of like this. On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Richard L. Hamilton <rlha...@smart.net> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
