On 06/03/2010 04:15 AM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > The best solution I've seen is what is used by the Mono project; > which provides both a "web forum" and a mail list interface. > > <http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list> > <http://go-mono.com/forums/>
I just checked the archives of mono-list vs the forum and it's apparent that this scheme suffers from the same problem as every other forum solution. The threaded flow of discussion is lost, replaced by a flat, chronological "conversation." Even though the list archive suggests there is still a tree structure to posts, when you check into it you find that it is not a tree at all. Every message to the forum is taken to be a reply to the one before, even though it might not be. The archive web interface simply abandons nesting at 4 levels or so. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
