On 06/09/2016 04:52 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 16:50:16 +1200
> gordon cooper <gordon_cooper@???> wrote:
>
>> On 09/06/16 02:59, Richard Heck wrote:
>>> Alternatively---here's a crazy idea---we could suspend the mailing
>>> list and send people to the forum....
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>> Perhaps not really crazy at all. I work in both mail lists and
>> forums and I definitely prefer working in a forum.
>>
>> Although, a big problem here could be how best use the
>> existing mail-list archive.
> As soon as Fetchmail and a mail client and filters are set up, every
> message of every mailing list to which one subscribes is presented, in
> its proper folder, without human intervention.
>
> With forums, one needs to remember to browse each forum, usually
> requiring a login with a password. Often, much more often than mailing
> lists, you're required to agree to pretty iffy legal terms, often
> including your indemnifying (acting as an unpaid insurance company for)
> the forum owners, and perhaps binding arbitration.
>
> There's a reason mailing lists have gotten the Free Software movement
> from 1992-present: It's easy, it's automatic, and the information comes
> to you instead of having to go out and get it.
>
> I can understand adding a Forum, but can't fathom the logic behind in
> any way demoting an existing and well used mailing list.
>
> I'm copying the Devuan mailing list because some of these same issues
> have come up there.
Diff'rent strokes, I suppose.
rh
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