On 11 December 2010 12:24, Maarten Vanraes <[email protected]> wrote: > Op vrijdag 10 december 2010 23:02:02 schreef Ahmad Samir: >> On 19 September 2010 17:54, Jerome Quelin <[email protected]> wrote: >> > hi, >> > >> > here's a mail that i received from anne wilson, of kde's fame: >> > >> > ----- Forwarded message from Anne Wilson <[email protected]> ----- >> > >> >> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:57:14 +0100 >> >> From: Anne Wilson <[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: Mageia >> >> User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.34.4-0.1-default; KDE/4.5.1; i686; ; >> >> ) >> >> >> >> I'm no longer subscribed to the Mandriva mailing lists, but a friend >> >> forwards interesting messages to me. Two of my family still run >> >> Mandriva (I maintain their systems) and I hope to have another convert >> >> soon. The recent news about Mandriva has been a blow to me. I cut my >> >> Linux teeth on Mandrake 8.x. When the call for members to invest, I >> >> was there. I was one of the original club members. It felt like the >> >> end of a long story, for me. >> >> >> >> So, to the reason for this email. I see you have got your IRC channels >> >> set up. Consider having a forum on forum.kde.org - the admins are >> >> helpful and welcoming. I'm the de facto maintainer of content on >> >> UserBase (see my sig), so ping me when ever you want Mageia specifics >> >> mentioning there. >> >> >> >> Good luck to you all. I'll be watching. >> >> >> >> Anne >> >> -- >> >> KDE Community Working Group >> >> New to KDE Software? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org >> > >> > ----- End forwarded message ----- >> > >> > so, for our forum overlords in here - this may be interesting to take >> > that into account. >> > >> > jérôme >> > -- >> > [email protected] >> >> I guess a sub-forum for a KDE app might fit in forum.kde.org; but not >> for a full fledged distro... >> >> The forum of a distro will get posts about all sorts of software >> (other DE's, kernel, hardware, drakxtools... etc), not just >> kde-related problems. So I don't think sub-forum in forum.kde.org will >> do it for a distro (just my humble 0.02€ worth). > > i donno, it might be yet another mageia (sub-)community. > > and possibly also a way to gather more users/testers during alpha testing. >
Having a sub- community isn't necessarily a good thing; it should be done only when needed, e.g. the localised forums (MLO, MUD... etc). But for the English-speaking community one official forum should do, (this is my own opinion, anyway). -- Ahmad Samir
