On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM Dan Ritter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I don't think removing email workflows (which implies removing mailing > > lists) is wise. > > > > Debian can support new ways to participate, like Social Media and > > Chat, for Gen-Z. However, I don't believe it is an either/or > > proposition. Debian should support email, mailing lists and other > > methods for everyone. > > The D language folks have a great system at > https://forum.dlang.org > > The web interface is exactly the same as the mailing lists, > which are exactly the same as the newsgroups, which also > produces an ATOM/RSS feed and an IRC bot. Any access reads and, > if possible, posts to the same streams of messages. > > And, yes, it's open source - AGPL 3.0. > > It does depend on having a working NNTP server behind the > scenes, but the good news there is that the one they test > against is INN, which is packaged in Debian.
At the risk of sounding argumentative... I would not say "exactly the same [web interface vs mailing list]". See "Why use mailing lists?" at <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/q6A_anL1u-Y9iXe-vboiOYamsl0/>. Jeff
