On 12/04/2020 15:32, SquarePenguin wrote: > Hello all. > > This is an OT thread, so turn back all ye who enter for on-topic > discussions. > > So, what's all this about? > > BLUF: Dinky's decided to bow out of the forums completely. This has > forced me to start taking notice of forum things for the first time in a > long time, so I'm seeking your input as to what to do with them. > > Some background... > > Moderating the forums and their upkeep is a PITA frankly (clunky old > software and customisations). I've stepped back from moderating most > things for years and Dinky was doing all that - usually clonking users > with the ban hammer for violating the extensive forum rules. > > Well we're back to my original rules now and Dinky has removed all bans > they imposed, as well as opened up closed or deleted threads. > > So the future... > > Some of the things I'm thinking about doing are: > > 1) Take the forums offline. > > I like this as it's easy and lazy and free. I don't like it as it > removes a big resource for the community. > > 2) I close the forums to new threads/posts but keep it online. > > This is great for keeping the resource accessible to the community, it's > a PITA for maintenance and ongoing costs (it ain't free to host the > forums). > > 3) Getting some moderators in and limping along until the inevitable BBC > changes can get_iplayer altogether or the maintainer stops working on it > etc etc. Same drawbacks as number 2 but keeps up access for the less > techincally minded to post somewhere about their issues. > > So... > > I guess this message is to guage how much people would care/not care if > I just closed the forums. I don't particularly mind figuring out a way > to close them but keep online for google searches etc. Nor do I mind if > some mods want to come in to keep the lights on for a while. > > I made the forum in the first place so get_iplayer could reach a > different audience than found here. So maybe this isn't the best place > to ask :-) But figured you folks had had your hats in the ring for so > long your opinions/ideas should be heard. >
Hi and thanks for the message. As I understand it there are three resources:- A web forum, which I seldom use. This list, to which I subscribe and which has been a great help to me on many occasions. The underlying maintenance of the software. It is not clear from your message which of these resources is in question but only the continuing maintenance of the get_iplayer software is critical. Will this maintenance be continued? As for your initial question, my opinion is that I shall continue to subscribe to the email list while it exists. I would not miss the forum. Losing get_iplayer would be a very great loss indeed. Regards, Budge. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
