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From: Ben Finney on 3 Jun 2010 10:57 Andreas Waldenburger <usenot(a)geekmail.INVALID> writes: > But consolidation is the *only* way to go, really. The parallelism > between c.l.p. and python-list is great already. Now throw some sort > of Forum in the mix This already *is* a forum. Whatever it is you think is needed, it's already a forum. Can you be more specific about what you would add? -- \ “Are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, Brain, but | `\ I don't think Kay Ballard's in the union.” —_Pinky and The | _o__) Brain_ | Ben Finney
From: Monte Milanuk on 3 Jun 2010 11:43 Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam <at> whitemice.org> writes: > > However, whether we like it or not: > > Fewer and fewer newcomers are willing, knowledgable, aware of nntp > > So? NNTP is the living dead. Time to let it go. > True. Decent NNTP access is harder to find. Not impossible, but no longer a 'free' part of most standard ISP access any more. Gmane provides a mail-to- nntp gateway which is great for those who like to read it via nntp. > Most people use this list via e-mail, which everyone has access to and > knows how to use. > > The best solution I've seen is what is used by the Mono project; which > provides both a "web forum" and a mail list interface. > > <http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list> > <http://go-mono.com/forums/> > > It works very well; and everyone [except the 3 or 4 NNTP hold outs] are > happy. > Now that looks pretty slick - both sides get to have what they want, and the 'pool' of knowledgeable persons stays condensed rather than dispersed. Very cool. Monte
From: Phlip on 3 Jun 2010 17:23 On Jun 2, 3:18 am, Adam Tauno Williams <awill...(a)whitemice.org> wrote: > +1 > > Yuck; no better way to make new users hate your product than have a web > forum - where they post questions.... Free of all the spam that leaks into here from the remnants of USENET!! > and never get answers... You mean like how I never get answers, to my super-easy GED-level questions, here??!
From: geremy condra on 3 Jun 2010 18:20 On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Phlip <phlip2005(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 2, 3:18 am, Adam Tauno Williams <awill...(a)whitemice.org> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> Yuck; no better way to make new users hate your product than have a web >> forum - where they post questions.... > > Free of all the spam that leaks into here from the remnants of > USENET!! > >> and never get answers... > > You mean like how I never get answers, to my super-easy GED-level > questions, here??! I agree. This proves conclusively that a web forum is the right place for you. Geremy Condra
From: Phlip on 3 Jun 2010 18:40
On Jun 3, 3:20 pm, geremy condra <debat...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > You mean like how I never get answers, to my super-easy GED-level > > questions, here??! > > I agree. This proves conclusively that a web forum is the right > place for you. Ah, so you feel up to my "xsl for xmlrunner.py" question? |