On Tue, 30 Oct 2018 at 0:28 Jonathan Riddell <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 at 20:56, Luca Beltrame <[email protected]> wrote: > > - As far as I remember, they *only* supported deployment with Docker. > > This is is IMO a terrible and black-magic approach > > Seems like a perfectly sensible and modern way to deploy. You can log > into the running container fine and twiddle as needed. > +1 > > - It uses (used to use?) PostgreSQL as database, for which Sysadmin > > isn't really keen on using unless absolutely necessary > > Shrug, personal taste. +1 > > > - The UX is not as best as it looks, hijacks stuff like the back button > > on the browser and what not > > Shrug, personal taste. > > > - The "app" on mobile is a joke, basically a web view of the mobile page > > I'm told the app works fine web view or no, doesn't seem a reason to > dislike an app. +1 also common with content viewing mobile apps. > > > > I think KDE should consider moving away from mailman and onto > > > > Does Discourse have a mail interface to avoid breaking user workflows? > > How should a migration be handled? Don't forget we'll lose distributed > > archiving of the mailing lists as well (very useful). > > It certainly notifies by e-mail, I've not yet worked out how it treats > incoming e-mail. I do wish to keep the mailing list interface as I find it hard (personal taste) to work out too much “GUI” and having it all in my gmail boxes is nice. Surely it supports a sorts of mailing list interface ? > > > It has import filters for mailman and maybe phpBB but also if we ever > got to a point where we dropped the current systems entirely they can > just be turned read only and continue to be used as archives. > > > Also, don't forget that "should", to quote a seminar I was at recently, > > should become "I/we/they will". If no one is willing to put support > > with the (aged! I'm not saying it's perfect) forum infrastructure why > > do you think one would put up with the new > -- -Sivan
