On Thursday, August 04, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Nazar Hotsa wrote: Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Cygwin-ports-general] CygwinPorts website/forum/etc
Yup, will do that too. I perfectly understand likes/needs of NNTP version. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM, James E. LaBarre <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/04/2011 09:31 AM, Nazar Hotsa wrote: >> I see... >> Anyway, I have a feeling that a community website is something people >> will enjoy :) OK, I guess I'll give it a try. Will announce here if >> folks are interested. >> >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 18:50 +0300, Nazar Hotsa wrote: >>>> I want to create a website with forum and perhaps other >>>> bells&whistles for Cygwin/CygwinPorts community. I feel like ppl need this. >>>> Ready to sponsor domain name, hosting and some work to get the site >>>> up and running. >>>> >>>> What do you guys think about this? Is my idea worth putting efforts in it? >>> >>> I think this pretty much sums it up: >>> >>> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-10/msg00134.html > > I'd agree with Ken's comment that I despise being constrained to a > web-GUI interface. Yes, for some people that's the best solution, but > I'd suggest if you create such a forum that you should find some > solution that also provides NNTP versions of the forums as well. > Would much prefer to use a newsreader, and really wish more sites > would go that way. I, for one, would not like a proliferation of web sites. If Yaakov won't put a link on <http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/>, it just going to be a resource that many won't use. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies. Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1 _______________________________________________ Cygwin-ports-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cygwin-ports-general
