I think that we could use something like mailman for the mailing list (but I must say that for now I hadn't problems with google groups) and we should have also a forum. I don't think that we must necessarily use a forum software realized in web2py, not immediately at least.
2009/10/28 mdipierro <[email protected]> > > Right now the web2py google group takes negligible maintenance time. > We have about 10 managers. > > Massimo > > On Oct 27, 11:26 pm, david bain <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not against a forum, but I don't think I'd use it much. I'm > especially > > concerned that setting up and maintaining a forum may distract the core > > developers from developing, whatever minimizes the administrative > overhead > > of running the web2py project is good as it frees minds to focus on > > improving the code. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM, JorgeRpo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I rather like a forum because it doesnt require to clog my email box > > > with threaded msg. > > > > > We need a forum. We've had already discussed this. > > > > > On Oct 27, 10:20 pm, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I like the mailing list because I can access it from gmail easily. > Forum > > > Iw > > > > ould have to go to yet one more site to communicate. I like keeping > > > > everything in gmail if at all possible. > > > > > > -Thadeus > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:58 PM, mdipierro <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > All together I am happy with it. > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 9:53 pm, david bain <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I understand the spam issue with Google Groups, however I > wouldn't > > > "throw > > > > > > the baby out with the bathwater". I find mailing lists to be very > > > > > valuable. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:50 PM, mengu <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > i think a forum would be more helpful and better. > > > > > > > > > On Oct 28, 2:56 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > We are 10x smaller so I guess we get 10x less spam. We get > about > > > > > > > > 50-100 spam emails/day. We block the emails used by spammers. > We > > > had > > > > > > > > only one reported case of actual user being spoofed. That did > > > cause > > > > > > > > some trouble for the user. > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure there are much better options. > > > > > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 27, 6:45 pm, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting article from John Resig of JQuery fame: > > > > > > >http://ejohn.org/blog/google-groups-is-dead/ > > > > > > > > > > > Is it really this bad Massimo? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > SplashStart - Professional Websites. Starting Now. > > > > >http://www.splashstart.com > > > > -- > > SplashStart - Professional Websites. Starting Now. > http://www.splashstart.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
