On 10/20/18 5:42 PM, stan wrote: > Hi, > There's a big mail thread on fedora-devel about using a web forum > software called Discourse instead of mailing lists. The idea is that > it would invigorate the Fedora community by encouraging younger people > raised on social media and mobile platforms to contribute. One of the > targets they have mentioned is the user list, because of its nature of > short term question and answer topics. There has been push-back by > developers because they have their custom solutions all working great > around email lists for doing their work. > > I'm wondering how the people who regularly use fedora-users mailing > list feel about that. Which would you prefer? Unfortunately, it's an > either / or proposal, because there is no interface in Discourse for > emails from an email list to be put in their forums, though they do > have email notification for new web messages. Would you willingly or > reluctantly migrate to the new platform? > > Here are a few links from that thread. > > https://theforeman.org/2018/07/discourse-6-months-on-impact-assesment.html > > https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/ > > https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-mailing-list-mode/46008/9 > > https://meta.discourse.org/t/biggest-busiest-discourse-forums/30674 > > In order to access discourse, because fedora is using the hosting > provided by discourse, you will have to grant js access to > > http://discourse-cdn-sjc1.com > _______________________________________________ A few questions: 1. Still moderated, correct? Look at https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide/63116. 2. Could we try it as a POC/pilot before committing to a switch-over? Looks like the Android app hasn't been updated since December of last year. Reviews are mixed. I say pilot it, including the moderation setup, workflows, etc., and see how it fits. Looks interesting from the outside. *Mark C. Allman, PMP, CSM* Founder, See How You Ski, www.seehowyouski.com <http://www.seehowyouski.com> Sr. Project Manager, Allman Professional Consulting, Inc., www.allmanpc.com <http://www.allmanpc.com> 617-947-4263, Twitter: @allmanpc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
