On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Mikolaj Rydzewski <m...@ceti.pl> wrote: > On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:48:09 +0200, m.h.g.emme...@dnb.nl wrote: >> I agree. A forum would be more practical. >> It is much easier reading all postings on a topic. >> I find myself clearing my "tomcat users list inbox" every morning, while > on >> forums I visit I check out the new or updated topics. >> The forums these days let you subscribe to topics or complete forums and >> send you a notification when a new topic gets started or updated. > > Use gmail to read list. You'll have a 'forum'. > > I do really hope we won't switch to web-based-something. > > -- > Mikolaj Rydzewski > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >
I noticed something. I've been subscribed to this ML for a long time, never participated much. I'm using gmail for the list and filter the messages into their own label and archive them. Recently I became involved in a discussion because it had a direct reflection on my experience in work. I ended up doing a simplistic patch which hasn't been accepted yet, however since that point I also had to join the dev mailing list. Since I had to check both ML's I've been doing it regularly, though it may just be a fad with me. The point is once your involved in something, doing more than just looking for answers a Mailing list is much better, it involves you much more directly. I don't have to check 10 sites for my 10 subscribed mailing lists. The emails are just there all filtered into their own labels (folders). So its probably better for a open source project to use a mailing list. The dev list has other special functions you just wouldn't see working with a forum, such as having the commit logs mailed, and the bugs mailed. This doesn't work well with forums as you'd either have one massive topic or spam with several little topics. Having said all that though I woudn't attempt to read these lists with outlook/outlook express or thunderbird. That just wouldn't work for me. So forums better for finding answers. Mailing lists better for participating. Wes --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
