Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread Robert Simmons
It would seem to me that the installation of a forum on the Jakarta site would dramatically improve communication and the ability of the users to collaborate on using and improving Jakarta software. PhpBB, for example, is free and can be downloaded from www.phpBB.com and offers many of the

Re: Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread Peter Donald
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:26, Robert Simmons wrote: It would seem to me that the installation of a forum on the Jakarta site would dramatically improve communication and the ability of the users to collaborate on using and improving Jakarta software. PhpBB, for example, is free and can be

Re: Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread Robert Simmons
What I meant is on the main Jakarta site. I have used Jakarta for a while and never even knew about that address. Probably the reason no one uses it. Mailing lists are not as good as forums for communication. --Robert - Original Message - From: Peter Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jakarta

Re: Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread Brian Ewins
I'd disagree. I've yet to see a web based forum that has searching/threading of discussions that are as good as what a mail client can do, or one where I can have the entire forum offline with me while I read/reply at my leisure. Since you mention a specific example, I've experienced phpBB (on

Re: Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread Henri Yandell
[Someone else just emailed this, but sending to show my agreement] There's that GMane thing that lets you view the mailing lists as a forum? Personally I've not found any forums as easy to use as a mailing list. Communication in a community is in three ways: 1) Multi-cast 2) Direct

Re: Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
on 2003/1/15 3:12 AM, Robert Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mailing lists are not as good as forums for communication. --Robert That is your opinion. They have worked well here since 1997. I hate the idea that I would have to go check a website to read discussions and I hate the text input

Re: Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread Kurt Schrader
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Henri Yandell wrote: IRC is good for all three, but lacks another important aspect, persistence. IRC Persistence: http://irc.werken.com/channels/maven/ -Kurt -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Part of why I also hate wiki...same problem. I can have the website email me when there is an update, but then that defeats the purpose. Note the wiki isn't for that purpose or I'd agree with you. Its for creating documentation (something we are still lacking in). I hate it for the

Re: Forum Software for Jakarta?

2003-01-15 Thread James Taylor
Note the wiki isn't for that purpose or I'd agree with you. Its for creating documentation (something we are still lacking in). I hate it for the purpose of discussion, preferring mail lists for that, and the talking points summed up (I hate searching through 6 years of archive to I'm a

how do you work??

2003-01-15 Thread Eduardo Andrés Alfonso Sierra
Hi I'm an undergraduate student of Computer Science and I'm interested in how a group of developers that are geographically separated works. You are exactly that kind of group. I wanna know what specific tools do you use, or what kind of tools do you use to use, to develop the software. Can you

Re: how do you work??

2003-01-15 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
on 2003/1/15 7:02 PM, Eduardo Andrés Alfonso Sierra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanna know what specific tools do you use, or what kind of tools do you use to use, to develop the software. http://jakarta.apache.org/site/getinvolved.html -jon -- StudioZ.tv /\ Bar/Nightclub/Entertainment 314