On Jun 14, 2018, at 4:29 AM, Dominique Devienne <ddevie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Last discussion/thread on moving away from MLs on the SQLite list showed a > clear bias > against using a forum over a ML IMHO, especially from long time contributors. > My $0.02... —DD
I was one of those arguing in favor of mailing lists. To me, the question comes down to two key questions: 1. Which gets us back into operation faster? If the effort to maintain a mailing list in today’s inimical environment is greater than the effort to develop an alternate solution that would sidestep these problems, it’s really hard to justify sticking with mailing lists. 2. Does switching add important and valuable new capabilities? Note the qualifiers. Animoji are not important to the SQLite or Fossil development projects, and their value is very low. Integration with the Fossil DVCS may be very valuable and could become important if it helps win converts. One new thought since my prior post: many projects (including Fossil and SQLite) have separate user and developer communication channels. It might be that the internal developer discussions use this proposed Fossil Forum feature and the user discussions are held elsewhere. In one of my Fossil-based projects, we have a public Google Group for discussions that may not even touch on the software development project, with developer discussions hidden away in private email, even though there’s nothing particularly personal about the discussions. I mentioned Fossil artifact links in a prior email. I’m frequently hand-crafting these in emails to other developers on the project to refer to some checkin, wiki edit, etc. It’s annoying. _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
