Thanks Matt for creating this topic about my proposal!
I've just seen that they have just answered to your question
<https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-for-open-source-v2/101940/13>.
Regarding the things they take into account to consider a community as a
valid "candidate", at the page that you've linked they say:
Some signs to look for:
* Your issue tracker is being crowded with feature requests and
“bikeshed discussions”.
* Users of your project seek out development advice from other users.
* Your project gives way to new projects built on top of it that can
be shared and talked about.
in our case discussions are both in our issue tracker, but even more in
our Google Group so I think we clearly qualify in that regard.
Let's try and see how that evolves... If they agree to give us the free
hosting, we can try the migration and see how it works before deciding.
This is how many other communities, including Python, have done it.
El 28/08/2019 a las 13:06, Matt Wilkie escribió:
in https://groups.google.com/d/msg/leo-editor/oQwOLKtiAlg/XfKuuBhUBgAJ
Xavier recommended using Discourse instead of Google Groups for Leo
discussion:
/I think it would really great for our community if we moved our
discussions to a real modern forum like Discourse
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.discourse.org%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHKaBBwilcfJgs5OXYz1XxGk_uSug>,
as Python and many other communities have already done./
/
/
/This post from the Python forum
<https://discuss.python.org/t/is-this-really-better-than-a-mailing-list/57>
gives
some explanations of the particular benefits/features of
Discourse, though it is in response to someone comparing it to a
simple mailing list./
/
/
/But some of the greatest features that they don't mention there
which I think would really benefit our community are:/
* /*Easy refactoring of forum threads!* Moderators can easily
move off-topic posts to a new thread, so the current topic can
be kept focused, without losing any contributions. This is for
me a feature that sets Discourse apart from any other forum
software (and I've looked at many)./
* /*Easy creation of polls!*/
/Though there are probably many more that I even yet don't know./
/
/
/I stongly feel that we have to move forward as a Team and
Discourse could be a game changer in many ways./
Myself, I've had a good experience with Discourse elsewhere and would
be happy to use it. (Some of the initial badge notifications are a bit
excessive and noisy but that disappears quickly). The browser editing
experience is excellent. Refactoring of threads would be awesome.
I see two major challenges:
(a) Free hosting for open source
<https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-for-open-source-v2/>
projects must be applied for and is reviewed on a case by case basis.
Leo has a small community so might not fit "/a tool to host discussion
at scale". /Self hosting would cost ~$60 USD/yr + setup, and someone
would need to commit to maintaining it for the long haul.
(b) The Google Group has a lot of history and is a major resource when
answering questions. I wouldn't want to talk about things in one place
and research in another. There is conflicting info on whether the free
hosting supports imports (I've asked
<https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-for-open-source-v2/101940/12?u=maphew>
for clarification).
-matt
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