On 4/21/23 20:52, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 08:24:14AM +0300, Benson Muite wrote: >> However, it doesn't seem like we can hack on it to better suite >> community needs, for example to have the same functionality as mailing >> lists[2]. It is not standards driven and is primarily developed by one >> company - something that follows Apache way[3] or has a community >> governance process would be better in the long term for a large project >> with many contributors who have technical expertise. > > We definitely _can_ hack on it to better fit community needs. Changes might > not automatically get accepted, but we've got a good relationship and I > don't expect any kind of antagonism if we have something important. > Good working relationship is ok for small projects. Discourse has grown and adapted because of this. Discourse is fantastic as a forum which is not read on a daily basis but periodically as the need arises. Need stability and a governance model for critical infrastructure. Web first philosophy kills productivity that a primarily text driven workflow has for many people. > On 2) https://discourse.cmake.org/t/cmake-discourse-mailing-list-mode-incorrectly-personally-addresses-all-email/738 > in particular... that's just the Cmake forum admin saying that the > particular thing doesn't exist, not a Discourse dev saying they won't take a > change. > > Although on that specific change.... Discourse attaches List-Id and other > standard email headers (as well as some specific X-Discourse headers) to > each message. Changing the To: line to be some list address could be done > with a plugin, but might actually have negative consequences for reliable > delivery. > > >> Email clients offer significant customizability that a one size fits all >> web interface cannot provide. Mailing list mode for Discourse is >> helpful, but not at the same level as email lists, where once one has > > "Mailing list mode" was a specific thing in earlier versions of Discourse — > it sent a notification for every message posted. This is kind of like going > to Hyperkitty and saying "subscribe me to all 600 lists". I don't recommend > that. Instead, choose specific tags that you want to subscribe to, just as > you would subscribe to individual mailing lists. > > I have a post about this and Fedora Discussion specifically: > > https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/navigating-fedora-discussion-tags-categories-and-concepts/35555 > This is helpful. Wish it were a magazine article. Those get read. _______________________________________________ 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 Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
