Luis Garrido <luisgarrido@...> writes:

> 
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 3:13 AM, david <gnome@...> wrote:
> > But we have one. It's called an email list. This email list.

+1
 
> To each usage its tool.
> 
> A mailing list is not a good tool to deliver, archive and discuss
> content. Any attachment is replicated to everyone in the user list and
> can saturate mailboxes. Let's remember RG files can contain WAV data.

Mine don't (yet, anyway).  You can make big Rosegarden scores in less than 20 
KB. 

> A wiki is not a good tool for discussion.

Agreed.  But a place to stash demos, examples, screenshots ... well, a wiki 
might fit that bill.  The discussion can be out-of-band, either here on the 
mailing list or on the #rosegarden IRC channel.


> > I hate web forums. They're clumsy and slow and I have to go to them,
> > they don't come to me like an email list does. And they do need a lot of
> >  administration, or they rapidly become clogged spam-sewers.
> 
> Spam happens in mailing lists too. There are things like spam filters,
> and moderation can be delegated to enthusiast users.

I leave that dilemma to the administrators and the long-time lurkers. ;-)

While looking for a suitable playground, I was pointed to #opensourcemusicians, 
a much more vibrant channel than #rosegarden.  Is it just me, or is the 
Rosegarden community a bit insular?




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