Most forums have "subscribe" services. However what the devs really need to check is bug tracking more than forums. Forums are a place to discuss things whereas bug tracking is the place to fix things. PhpBB2 has all of those features and is free. It takes about 15 min to configure. You could even, with a bit of work, dump all of the mailing list archives into the forum.
-- Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henri Yandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta General List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 5:41 PM Subject: Re: Forum Software. > > So the suggestion is: > > All Users lists become forums. > Developer lists stay. > > > Only problem I see there is that Developers won't check the forums as much > as they should, unless the Users forum has a mail list interface. > > > Hen > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Robert Simmons wrote: > > > Well, once again I would like to bring up the concept of forum > > software for Jakarta. The reason I am bringing it up again is that > > mailing lists are intrusive and spammy. Daily I get flooded with a ton > > of email that I have absolutely no interest in reading. However if I > > unsubscribe to the lists than when there is something that I would > > like to know about or answer, I will miss it. In addition, if I > > unsubscribe I'm not able to post my own issues. With a mailing list, > > the communication mechanism is just too intrusive. On a forum I can > > pick and choose what I want to read and reply to. > > > > As for them being used, its a simple matter of retiring mailing lists > > for forum software. > > > > When we consider that at least 90% of Jakarta users are not Jakarta > > developers but will often have a question or an important insight, > > than the folly of communicating only in mailing lists becomes clear. > > > > -- Robert Simmons > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
