> On Feb 9, 2017, at 6:04 PM, Ted Kremenek <kreme...@apple.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On Feb 9, 2017, at 3:52 PM, Ted Kremenek via swift-users
>> <swift-users@swift.org <mailto:swift-users@swift.org>> wrote:
>>
>>> I’ve been mostly silent in this conversation largely because I didn’t
>>> realize it was leading up to a formal decision. I wish it would have
>>> followed the proposal process so it was clear to everyone that a decision
>>> was being considered and this was our chance to offer input.
>>
>> FWIW, I am not ignoring this thread. At some point there was diminishing
>> signal on the thread, and it felt like the category of opinions that had
>> been voiced had been vocalized on the thread. Looping in swift-users into
>> that thread would have been a good thing to do in hindsight so more people
>> felt like they had a chance to participate. Based on what I am seeing in
>> reaction to this decision, however, I’m not seeing much new signal.
>
> Just to add to this point — new insights on this topic are welcome, and will
> be paid attention to. The decision to change to a forum is because that was
> evaluated as being the best thing for the community, based on the range of
> opinions provided and the tradeoffs made. If there is something important
> that was missed, obviously that is not going to be ignored. We want to do
> the right thing. So far I still feel that moving to a forum software is the
> right choice, but I’d like to do that in a way that allows people to still
> participate effectively via email.
Is there any way to have a trial run so we can evaluate the email experience of
using the forum software before we make the final switch? I agree that this
sounds like the right direction, but it’s hard to know what the email
experience will really be like until we give it a try for a week or so.
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