On 2006-01-17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> doesnt get mixed up. a BB has also another advantage called "Search" which
> is very useful with so many posts per day.
Hmm, the search facilities of ml mirrors like marc and gmane are good
enough IMHO.
But were they insufficient, one
> see gentoo forums. it takes quite some time to find quality information
Depends what exactly you mean by quality information. Documentation, tips,
how-to's are all in one forum. All offtopic stuff is also in a forum so it
doesnt get mixed up. a BB has also another advantage called "Search" which
"Simon 'corecode' Schubert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
> a pure nntp<->web gateway would be okay, maybe.
Web based bulletin boards are a mess, IMHO.
I bet the signal/noise ratio would plummet, as
it would allow / invite to, poor communication.
At least with email and classic mailinglists, th
--- "Justin C. Sherrill"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, January 17, 2006 5:03 am, Steve
> O'Hara-Smith wrote:
>
> > NNTP is just a
> > transport protocol for it
>
> How was the material in USENET slung around
> before there was NNTP?
>
> > If a web forum is so vital (in some
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, yes, you are correct, Justin. In my opnion it would be great to have
it like that. A BB would function in multiple ways, relay information from
the mailing lists (bugs, comitts, kernel, documentation etc), plus allow
current and coming users to have a userfriendly i
Well, yes, you are correct, Justin. In my opnion it would be great to have
it like that. A BB would function in multiple ways, relay information from
the mailing lists (bugs, comitts, kernel, documentation etc), plus allow
current and coming users to have a userfriendly interface to ask questions
o
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:51:24 -0500 (EST)
"Justin C. Sherrill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, January 17, 2006 5:03 am, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
>
> > > transport protocol for it
>
> How was the material in USENET slung around before there was NNTP?
UUCP over modem links main
Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
On Tue, January 17, 2006 5:03 am, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
How was the material in USENET slung around before there was NNTP?
UUCP, I guess.
Sascha
On Tue, January 17, 2006 5:03 am, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
>transport protocol for it
How was the material in USENET slung around before there was NNTP?
> If a web forum is so vital (in some minds[1]) for being
> trendy it's not hard to write a web based threaded news reader with
Raphael Marmier pravi:
if, like me, you don't like mailing lists flooding your mailbox, you'll
be glad to learn that those same mailing list are bridged to a nntp
server: nntp.dragonflybsd.org
yeah, postgresql and dfly both offer mailing lists and news server which is great since you do not
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:04:04 +0100
Sascha Wildner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> NNTP was
> exactly made for the purpose you describe, even though it gets 20 years
> old this year.
If a web forum is so vital (in some minds[1]) for being
trendy it's not hard to write a web based
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Indeed, it would be like users@, but consider:
1) In what way can you order threads in a mailing list? If we had a
web-based forum we could easilly have stuff related to hardware in one
forum, multimedia in another, pkgsrc in another etc., we could even have a
forum for
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the reason was extremely different, the guy complained about a cdrom
which installs a pure console system, without any clear indication of what
to do to install X, and then KDE, Gnome etc. Presumably the developers are
busy solving important and hard problems at
if, like me, you don't like mailing lists flooding your mailbox, you'll
be glad to learn that those same mailing list are bridged to a nntp
server: nntp.dragonflybsd.org
just subscribe, no need for tedious login, signup, etc... much more
convenient than a those forum web app IMHO, despite it
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sorry, but a mailing list might have been a hype of 15 years ago when
> people had a 14.4kbps dialup connection to the internet or even less, but
> today? Sure its easy to open up evolution or mutt and send mails to
> users@, but is this attractive to new users coming ov
I agree. See, for example, the extremely successful Gentoo forums at
forums.gentoo.org.
On Tue, 2006-01-17 at 09:24 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Indeed, it would be like users@, but consider:
>
> 1) In what way can you order threads in a mailing list? If we had a
> web-based forum we could e
Indeed, it would be like users@, but consider:
1) In what way can you order threads in a mailing list? If we had a
web-based forum we could easilly have stuff related to hardware in one
forum, multimedia in another, pkgsrc in another etc., we could even have a
forum for non df-related stuff. Sure,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It wouldnt be splitting per se: bugs, problems would still be reported
here unless there we will be a bug reporting tool like bugzilla or
something. I meant the forum to be for something like "i dont know how to
configure xxx application", tips, how-tos,etc, basically a w
It wouldnt be splitting per se: bugs, problems would still be reported
here unless there we will be a bug reporting tool like bugzilla or
something. I meant the forum to be for something like "i dont know how to
configure xxx application", tips, how-tos,etc, basically a wander-around
place for DF c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am planning to buy an SMP machine(dual P3) within a few months to run
DragonFly. And I was thinking about setting up a phpbb discussion forum
for us users. Question is, would there be the interest from the devs and
users to have a forum like this?
no, I don't think so
I am planning to buy an SMP machine(dual P3) within a few months to run
DragonFly. And I was thinking about setting up a phpbb discussion forum
for us users. Question is, would there be the interest from the devs and
users to have a forum like this?
petr
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