On 06/09/2016 04:52 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 16:50:16 +1200 > gordon cooper <gordon_coo...@kinect.co.nz> wrote: > >> On 09/06/16 02:59, Richard Heck wrote: >>> Alternatively---here's a crazy idea---we could suspend the mailing >>> list and send people to the forum.... >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> >> Perhaps not really crazy at all. I work in both mail lists and >> forums and I definitely prefer working in a forum. >> >> Although, a big problem here could be how best use the >> existing mail-list archive. > As soon as Fetchmail and a mail client and filters are set up, every > message of every mailing list to which one subscribes is presented, in > its proper folder, without human intervention. > > With forums, one needs to remember to browse each forum, usually > requiring a login with a password. Often, much more often than mailing > lists, you're required to agree to pretty iffy legal terms, often > including your indemnifying (acting as an unpaid insurance company for) > the forum owners, and perhaps binding arbitration. > > There's a reason mailing lists have gotten the Free Software movement > from 1992-present: It's easy, it's automatic, and the information comes > to you instead of having to go out and get it. > > I can understand adding a Forum, but can't fathom the logic behind in > any way demoting an existing and well used mailing list. > > I'm copying the Devuan mailing list because some of these same issues > have come up there.
Diff'rent strokes, I suppose. rh
