I find email generally better anyways. I do wish some conversations that happen on the dev list happened elsewhere though. It has been better recently but the list tends to have a lot of noise and little signal. As a result I think we've seen discussions that would benefit from the broadcast nature of such a list moved offline and else where.
-- James On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:17 PM, David Cohen <[email protected]> wrote: > I too have been unable to log into g.d.o for months. I'm not in favor > of moving anything there. > > If my account there can't be synced with my g.o account, please someone > just delete http://groups.drupal.org/user/459. > > -Dave > > > On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:54 +0000, "Antonio P. P. Almeida" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I agree with this idea. It could improve the usefulness of the >> development list for members and non members. But right now g.d.o is >> pretty much in a transition. I'm waiting for an account synch >> requested almost 2 months ago. Also the current setting of "flooding" >> the group subscribers with each edit/revision of a post/comment is >> quite annoying. I don't know if there's a way to turn it off. >> >> Let's face it, MLs are much mature and stable than g.d.o right now. >> I'm not picking with the g.d.o infrastructure team, I know that >> there's a lot on their plate. Notwithstanding, we should aim for moving >> everything to g.d.o. But first let it settle down. There's also the >> push for the new d.o. >> >> In the meantime people can use the gmane interface to list for >> searching up to date content: >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.php.drupal.devel >> >> --- appa >> >> On 18 Nov 2009 18h30 WET, [email protected] wrote: >> >> > I'm pulling this out as a separate thread... >> > >> > Jenniver wrote, >> > >> > Shai Gluskin wrote: >> > >> >> 3. *Move dev list to g.d.o.* [...] >> >> >> > >> > I can sympathize with your desire to have a more searchable output >> > for this list, on-line forums such as g.d.o are a huge barrier to >> > participation compared to email lists. >> > >> > So if this list is moved to g.d.o and we want it to still be a >> > useful list with immediate feedback and lots of participants, we >> > would also need to provide a way for people to participate fully via >> > email (i.e. make it so it looks and acts just like an email >> > list). In which case, the threads will look/act/search like email, >> > and I don't think we will have solved anything. >> > >> > --Jennifer >> > >> > My issue with the search results at >> > http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/development is not the formatting; >> > it's the content. Searching on terms like "module development" the >> > top results are from March. I mean, there really is something wrong. >> > >> > Given the delays in upgrading to the new d.o. design, I'm not sure >> > where things stand. But I know there were definitely discussions >> > about tweaking the notifications system and also adding Mail Comment >> > (formerly Mail2Web): http://drupal.org/node/634074. Mail Comment >> > would allow for replicating list serve functionality for folks who >> > don't want to go to g.d.o. And again... I don't care about the >> > formatting; I want the transparency, the integration with d.o. web >> > sites, it running on Drupal, and also the much more personal and >> > community feel you get at g.d.o with user pics/profiles etc. With >> > Mail Comment we can have the push of the list serve but the better >> > functionality of g.d.o. >> > >> > Shai >> >> >
