Hi Brad, Thanks very much for your reply, I will then copy it to the issue page (after simplifying somewhat).
Best regards, -Takeshi 2017-06-30 1:49 GMT+09:00 Brad Chamberlain <[email protected]>: > > Hi Takeshi -- > > It would be nice to get this added as a comment to the current issue that's > open on GitHub: > > https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/issues/6440 > > Would you either be willing to add it there, or if not, is it OK if I do > so, giving you credit? > > Thanks, > -Brad > > > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, Takeshi Yamamoto wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> In response to the following topic (i.e., what are good >> candidates for user forums/platforms other than SourceForge), >> >> https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/issues/6440 >> >> I have tried searching the net and it seems to me >> that the situation is roughly like the following: >> >> * Pattern 1 : The language website itself provides >> a "built-in" forum. >> >> * Pattern 2 : Google Groups >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!overview >> >> * Pattern 3 : Discourse >> https://www.discourse.org/ >> >> * Pattern 4 : Github issue pages >> >> (*) Pattern 5: (more "chat-like" services like Reddit, Gitter, >> HackerNews (?)...) >> >> ----- >> >> And various pages found for each language... >> >> * C++ >> https://isocpp.org/forums >> >> https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/std-discussion >> >> https://groups.google.com/a/isocpp.org/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/std-proposals >> >> * D >> https://forum.dlang.org/ >> http://digitalmars.com/NewsGroup.html (old page?) >> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3592769 >> (old news about the new forum) >> >> * Go >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/golang-nuts >> https://forum.golangbridge.org/ >> https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/welcome-to-the-go-forum/8 >> https://golang.org/help/ >> >> * Rust >> https://users.rust-lang.org/ >> >> * Nim >> https://forum.nim-lang.org/ >> https://github.com/nim-lang/nimforum (run by this program?) >> >> * Julia >> https://julialang.org/community/ >> https://discourse.julialang.org/ >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/julia-users (not used now) >> https://gitter.im/JuliaLang/julia >> >> * Python >> I'm not sure which is the "official" forum... :-) >> >> * Fortran >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.fortran >> >> * Swift >> https://forums.developer.apple.com/community/xcode/swift >> https://www.reddit.com/r/swift/ >> >> * C# >> A lot ... (from Microsoft) >> >> * Kotlin >> https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/ >> https://kotlinlang.org/community/ >> >> * Scala >> https://www.scala-lang.org/community/ >> >> https://users.scala-lang.org/?_ga=2.236677193.918504109.1498691960-1666919074.1495278134 >> >> https://contributors.scala-lang.org/?_ga=2.200825261.283844884.1498692014-1666919074.1495278134 >> https://gitter.im/scala/scala >> >> ------ >> >> As for my experience, I used Google Groups sometimes to >> ask questions and feature requests before. IMO, a good point >> of Google Groups is that the "(mental) threshold" for posting >> something is very low (and, depending on moderation setting, >> also attracts spam!). A not very good point is that it does not >> support Markdown etc, so the feature is not very rich. >> >> # But looking at the Google Group pages for C++ and Go, >> code decoration might be possible to some extent >> because some people post a code in an enclosed box etc. >> >> As for Discourse, I have no experience of using it (e.g. >> ask questions etc), but its features seem pretty rich. >> Many languages seem to be using it recently (sometimes >> together with Google Groups). >> >> IMHO, I feel it would be very nice if there is some central >> forum(s) at which users can post almost "anything" (trivial >> questions, feature requests, news, etc) at a much lower >> level of strictness and threshold to write something. >> In particular, I think it would be great if more user <-> user >> discussion will be made in addition to user <-> developer >> or developer <-> developer discussions (because >> user <-> user discussions are not much suited to, say, >> Github issue pages nor StackOverflow.) >> >> # This user mailing list (from SourceForge) is also probably >> desinged for that purpose (partly for user <-> user), but >> but a threshold or ovehead for posting something might >> be somewhat higher than usual web-based forums. >> >> As for the desired features listed in >> https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/issues/6440 >> >> -- ideally, an easy way to preserve the SourceForge mailing list archives >> >> I have no idea whether Google Groups or Discourse offer >> a "migration" feature like this... But as a simple workaround, >> it might be sufficient to put a URL link to the SourceForge mailing >> list page, e.g., at the top of new forum pages or an introduction >> page to facilitate the search for old topics? >> >> # I will copy (some of) the above URL if necessary to the Github >> issue page (6440); in that case please let me know. >> >> With best regards, >> Takeshi >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Chapel-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/chapel-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Chapel-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/chapel-users
