On 10/21/2012 01:24 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote:
markmail carries all apache lists and
has a great search interface.
Yes it does! I use it a lot!
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From: Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org>
To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: Why a mailing list is superior to any web-based "forum"
On 10/21/12, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote:
FWIW this is the only Apache project where
forums are supported, and if a good case
can be made as to why some mailing list
traffic would be better served on the forums,
go for it. It's just that mailing lists
are where we expect project decisions to
be made because we have standard ways of
providing those archived messages to members,
who would expect similar things from forum
decision-making processes.
That said I would have expected a better mailing list interface, the
current one lacks even a search bar, let alone some advanced search.
OOo used to have also a pretty basic way of searching through the
mailing list but eve that, was more helpful.
Are these mailing list archieved externally by nabble/gmane or something else?
FYI LibO also expend many mosquitoes lifecycle on this topic. They do
provide a forumesque interface for mailing list.
http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/
and
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/nabble-mailing-list-interface/
Nabble website:
http://www.nabble.com/
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From: Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org>
To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: Why a mailing list is superior to any web-based "forum"
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 3:08 PM, RGB ES <rgb.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
2012/10/21 Fernando Cassia <fcas...@gmail.com>
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:59 AM, David McKay <dmc...@btconnect.com>
wrote:
Technical aspects are bets handled through a mailing list; general
user
questions are best handled through a forum.
I agree that a dual approach makes everyone happy.
I should have renamed it "why mailing lists should never be
killed".... it was typed after reading one list member say "why a
mailing list?".
FC
--
During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary act
- George Orwell
One reasons why this "holy war" between MLs and Forums goes on and on is
because both sides try to "make things clear for everyone"(1) explaining
why their position is the best one... and both sides are at the same time
right and wrong! Both solutions have pros and cons: there is no perfect
system, that's all.
We have MLs for development and "decision making" and we have Forums for
user support. Please, let's go on with life: holy wars are tiresome.
Thanks
(1) There is a Spanish saying that goes "no aclares que oscureces" but
I'm
not sure how to translate it into English... something like "do not
clarify
that you are making it darker" is near, but not exactly the same ;)
In English we sometimes say, "Everyone complains about the weather,
but no one does anything about it." There will also be some topics
that generate debate but without any practical conclusions.
-Rob
Regards
Ricardo
--
Alexandro Colorado
PPMC Apache OpenOffice
http://es.openoffice.org
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