On Thursday, 16 April 2020, 03:42:02 BST, michael norman <[email protected]> wrote:
On 15/04/2020 22:12, Andy Nudd wrote: > > On 15/04/2020 08:41, Budge wrote: >> On 12/04/2020 15:32, SquarePenguin wrote: >>> 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. >> > Couldn't have summed it up better. > > Never used the forum. > > Mailing list has been a great help & source of information. > > Losing gip would be indeed a very great loss. > > + 1 here. ...and +1 from me. I've used gip for (I'm guessing) 10 years, but only used the web forum in times of desperation and even then it has never borne fruit which couldn't have been found on this list. Maintenance of gip is the key issue. Assistance with using it is very helpful, and this community never seems to fail in providing that. I'm not sure how big a burden it is to keep this list running but it is really useful and without it, or some equivalent, then I imagine the user base of gip might steadily dwindle. That would be a real shame. _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
