On 08/13/2016 03:44 PM, David Mertz wrote:
I find email list VASTLY easier to deal with than any newfangled web-based
custom discussion forum. Part of that is that it is a uniform interface to
every list I belong too, and I can choose my own MUA. With all those web
things, every site works a little bit different from every other one, that
imposes an unnecessary cognitive burden (and usually simply lacks some
desired capability)
I completely agree.
I really enjoy bug trackers and think that bugs should no longer be
tracked within the repository (as in a 5K lines TODO.txt), but mailing
lists are not, by any means, inferior to bug trackers as far as
discussions go.
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Also, you can reply to messages from GitHub by email (just reply and
send a message with only your answer). However, because it allows for
editing (which is a disaster, not an advantage), if you don't follow
their links you may respond to an answer that no longer exists or was
completely changed by the author or by a moderator. How to prevent this?
Quote the text you are replying to. And we are back to email, but now
with a web browser involved.
On top of this, I think that just making it easier for new contributors
will not help with getting good and dedicated contributors. This is
already pretty popular, getting it some extra GitHub stars and links
should not help much.
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