Thank you. Yes I was referring to Google Groups, not a supposed feature of pyForum.
-tim On Oct 28, 5:17 pm, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think he was meaning that search sucks in Google Groups (not > pyforum). Correct me if wrong. > > On Oct 29, 2:29 am, Julio <ju...@techfuel.net> wrote: > > > - Provides working search-ability (sorry Groups still sucks hard in > > this area) > > > Timbo - Can you explain what you mean by "groups" in pyforum (and any > > suggestions you may have that might be useful to implement)? > > > (if this goes a bit off-topic, feel free to reply to me directly) - > > Thanks.. > > > On Oct 28, 6:09 am, Timbo <tfarr...@swgen.com> wrote: > > > > The forum option has been discussed multiple times. Let me (once > > > again) throw in my support for it. > > > > pyForum: > > > - Provides working search-ability (sorry Groups still sucks hard in > > > this area) > > > - Allows one to still receive emails > > > - Fills a gap for those of us who want to keep up with the community > > > but don't want an email every 5 minutes. (I'm on digest of the list > > > but a forum would better fit my level of interest/involvement) > > > - Having web2py use it would be dog-fooding and drive the development > > > of both > > > > With the mailinglist, there is no good search option for those not > > > using their own email client for search. Remember the Python 3 > > > question? There's a reason it pops up once every 2-3 weeks. Because > > > Google Groups search will not find anything on list after a while and > > > so the question is asked again. There's GMANE but most users don't > > > know to look there and the user interface is not the most friendly. > > > > I vote pyForum. > > > > -tim > > > > On Oct 28, 4:07 am, salingrosso <salingro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I think that we could use something like mailman for the mailing list > > > > (but I > > > > must say that for now I hadn't problems with google groups) and we > > > > should > > > > have also a forum. I don't think that we must necessarily use a forum > > > > software realized in web2py, not immediately at least. > > > > > 2009/10/28 mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > > > > > > Right now the web2py google group takes negligible maintenance time. > > > > > We have about 10 managers. > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > On Oct 27, 11:26 pm, david bain <pigeonfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I'm not against a forum, but I don't think I'd use it much. I'm > > > > > especially > > > > > > concerned that setting up and maintaining a forum may distract the > > > > > > core > > > > > > developers from developing, whatever minimizes the administrative > > > > > overhead > > > > > > of running the web2py project is good as it frees minds to focus on > > > > > > improving the code. > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM, JorgeRpo <jorgeh...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I rather like a forum because it doesnt require to clog my email > > > > > > > box > > > > > > > with threaded msg. > > > > > > > > We need a forum. We've had already discussed this. > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 10:20 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I like the mailing list because I can access it from gmail > > > > > > > > easily. > > > > > Forum > > > > > > > Iw > > > > > > > > ould have to go to yet one more site to communicate. I like > > > > > > > > keeping > > > > > > > > everything in gmail if at all possible. > > > > > > > > > -Thadeus > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:58 PM, mdipierro > > > > > > > > <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > All together I am happy with it. > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 9:53 pm, david bain <pigeonfli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I understand the spam issue with Google Groups, however I > > > > > wouldn't > > > > > > > "throw > > > > > > > > > > the baby out with the bathwater". I find mailing lists to > > > > > > > > > > be very > > > > > > > > > valuable. > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:50 PM, mengu <whalb...@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > i think a forum would be more helpful and better. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 2:56 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > We are 10x smaller so I guess we get 10x less spam. We > > > > > > > > > > > > get > > > > > about > > > > > > > > > > > > 50-100 spam emails/day. We block the emails used by > > > > > > > > > > > > spammers. > > > > > We > > > > > > > had > > > > > > > > > > > > only one reported case of actual user being spoofed. > > > > > > > > > > > > That did > > > > > > > cause > > > > > > > > > > > > some trouble for the user. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure there are much better options. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 6:45 pm, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting article from John Resig of JQuery fame: > > > > > > > > > > >http://ejohn.org/blog/google-groups-is-dead/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it really this bad Massimo? > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > SplashStart - Professional Websites. Starting Now. > > > > > > > > >http://www.splashstart.com > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > SplashStart - Professional Websites. 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