+1 Michele, you resumed my thought... I am thinking too that having to maintain our own mailing-list and use our own tool to do so, will make us improve web2py...
At the same time if web3py is coming, I guess as Anthony mention ressources being scarce we may have to choose... I also, use mail, so I don't understand exactly what the issue with google group... Richard On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Michele Comitini < michele.comit...@gmail.com> wrote: > The choice is about maintaining the infrastructure to run a forum or not. > If we choose to maintain it, I am in favor of a self hosted web2py > solution. > It takes resources, but it is not a waste of resources, since it is a real > world testbed for web2py and would generate contributions for stability and > speed, so it would have a positive impact on web2py engineering. > The critical point could be development of new components (specifically > web3py), since much resources would work on the stable version having to > deliver a good service... > Following the same reasoning, I am against having to use resources to > maintain something that requires tinkering with another framework. In that > case we must rely on a 3rd party service as we do now with google, where we > do not have to maintain their (falling apart? I don't know since I tend to > use the e-mail channel) framework for discussion groups. > > > > > > 2015-07-30 20:15 GMT+02:00 Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com>: > >> + well known, wide usage (not necessery to sign up for another forum) >>>>> >>>> >>>> True, though Discourse has social login, allowing you to use Google, >>>> Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, or Github to sign in. >>>> >>> >>> Actually not true. The one service requiring login is actually google >>> groups. You HAVE to have a google account, >>> >> >> Actually, not not true. Technically, you don't need a Google account if >> you interact with the group via email only. Anyway, I think the real point >> was that if you already have a Google account, which many people have for >> other reasons (and especially if you are already using Google Groups for >> other communities), you don't have to sign up for yet another independent >> forum account. >> >> Anthony >> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
