On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 9:15:16 AM MST Gerald B. Cox wrote: > Yeah, I completely agree - but that wasn't my intention to try to > convince. I would like additional topics that mirror those in the mailing > lists setup on discourse. That way people can use whichever they want. > The one that people prefer will win. Simple as that. > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:45 PM Dan Book <grinnz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > This conversation is pretty pointless. You are never going to convince > > other people to like Discourse more than mailing lists, and they are never > > going to convince you the other direction. > > > > -Dan > > > > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:35 AM Gerald B. Cox <gbcox@xxxxxx> wrote: > >> Here is an interesting discussion on "threaded discussions": > >> https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-discussion-is-ultimately-too-comple > >> x-to-survive-on-the-public-internet/63172 > >> > >> I personally don't like them. As the threads increase the discussion > >> becomes hard to follow... > >> > >> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:20 PM Louis Lagendijk <louis@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> wrote: > >>> On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 12:00 -0300, Gerald B. Cox wrote: > >>> > >>> Why is it when I say that I don't want to clutter up my email with mail > >>> from mailing lists I'm told it's a misconfiguration. It's not a > >>> misconfiguration. I don't want the forum email cluttering up my mail - > >>> and > >>> I don't want to use an NNTP gateway, I want to use Discourse. Why is > >>> that > >>> so hard to understand? > >>> > >>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:47 AM John Harris <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Tuesday, August 27, 2019 7:29:28 AM MST Gerald B. Cox wrote: > >>> > Using mail, I have to access the archives to read the full thread. > >>> > >>> This is just due to your configuration. You could easily either save the > >>> mailing list to your mailbox, or use an NNTP gateway. > >>> > >>> Different people have different work flows, you like to go to Discourse, > >>> others prefer mail/nntp. For a lot of people (including myself) the > >>> lack of threading is a show stopper for their workflow. > >>> > >>> > >>> The mail interface in Discourse is...lacking a lot of features for a lot > >>> of people. Your comment "why is that so hard to understand" applies > >>> both ways.... > >>> > >>> /Louis > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> Fedora Code of Conduct: > >>> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > >>> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > >>> List Archives: > >>> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject. > >>> org > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Fedora Code of Conduct: > >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > >> List Archives: > >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o > >> rg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > g Then you'd have to watch two places, and would be having two very separate discussions, one on mailing lists, and one on Discourse. You see why that's not an option? Nobody benefits in that scenario. -- John M. Harris, Jr. <johnmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Splentity https://splentity.com/ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
