> -----Original Message----- > From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 7:39 AM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: Why an email list, and not a forum? > > On 24/09/2010 01:19, Brian wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Just a thought: Why is this support taking place in an email list, > > instead aof a web based forum? > > One might as well ask why mailing lists exist at all in the shiny new > world of Web 2.0. > > > The ASF practice is to use mailing lists to keep a public record of > support discussions and development decisions. > > There are some websites which provide web access to these lists, e.g. > Markmail, Nabble. > > Being solely web-based would be limitation rather than an enhancement. >
+1 > > p > > > (IMO PHPBB is a horrible, horrible application.) Can't comment on that last bit..... Personally, I like the mailing list format for this project. It's really helped expand my understanding of Tomcat by reading topics that normally I wouldn't have thought to go looking for. I've had my eyes opened on some issues that I normally would not have gone looking for on a web-based forum. In turn, I've then "educated" my development team on those issues and our product has improved because of it. For usage, I use *shudder* Outlook, have a rule which dumps all properly formatted list emails into a dedicated folder, which is sorted "by conversation, newest on top". From that, I can delete whole threads based on subjects that I can tell have no relevance for me at this point. I also clear out topics as I read them if they've been resolved, or found I'm not interested. If they later interest me enough to contribute, I can go to MarkMail or Nabble and review the thread. Works great. I do subscribe to some web-based forums, notably Linux Questions and Installshield Community, but find I hardly ever use them, much less contribute. I comfortable enough with Linux that I don't have that many Qs, and don't use IS enough during a year to need a lot of help, much less consider myself knowledge-able enough to contribute answers. This format seems nearly perfect for me for this group. Jeff __________________________________________________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This Transmission (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately reply to the sender or telephone (512) 343-9100 and delete this transmission from your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
